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Drupada (Sanskrit: द्रुपद, lit. 'firm footed or pillar' [ 1 ] ), also known as Yajnasena ( Sanskrit : यज्ञसेन , lit. 'he whose army is sacrificial', IAST : Yajñasena ), [ 2 ] is the king of the southern part of Panchala Kingdom , in the Hindu epic Mahabharata .
Kampilya was ruled by Drupada during Mahabharata period. It is mentioned in Mahabharata that when the Pandavas were in exile and staying in Ekachakra , (Uttar Pradesh) they learned that Drupada, King of Panchala, had announced the Swayamvara of his daughter Draupadi. Then they went to Kampilya (Kampil, Uttar Pradesh), the capital of Drupada.
Drupada, the son of Prishata, used every day to come to the hermitage of Bharadwaja to play with Drona and study in his company. When Prishata was dead, this Drupada became the king of the Northern Panchalas. Once Drupada became the king, he forgot his friendship with Drona.
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Panchala (IAST: Pañcāla) was an ancient kingdom of northern India, located in the Ganges-Yamuna Doab of the Upper Gangetic plain which is identified as Kanyakubja or region around Kannauj. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] During Late Vedic times (c. 1100–500 BCE), it was one of the most powerful states of ancient India , closely allied with the Kuru Kingdom . [ 3 ]
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The word Draupadī (lit. 'daughter of Drupada') is a patronymic, derived from the word Drupada, which means 'pillar'. [8] [9] Like other epic characters, she is referred to by multiple names in the Mahabharata. Some of her other names and epithets are as follows: Krishnā (Kṛṣṇā) – 'one who has a dark complexion'. It is the birth name ...
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