Drupada
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Drupada (), also known as Yajnasena (, ), is the king of the southern part of Panchala Kingdom, in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. He is the father of Draupadi, the epic's heroine. In the Kurukshetra War as the head of 1 akshauhini army, Drupada fought from the side of his sons-in-law, the Pandavas, and was killed by his childhood friend and rival, Drona.
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- File:Drupada at Draupadi's svayamvara.jpg
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- Drupada at the svayamvara ceremony of Draupadi, 20th-century illustration
- Character.weapon
- Gada, Bow and Arrow
- Character.family
- Prishata (father) Suchitra (brother)
- Character.spouse
- Prishati (chief queen)
- Character.children
- Dhrishtadyumna, Shikhandi, Satyajit, Uttamaujas, Yudhamanyu and 6 other sonsDraupadi (daughter)
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Drupada (literalmente ‘pilar de madera’),―también conocido como Iagñasena (el guerrero del ritual de fuego)― es un personaje del Majabhárata (texto épico-religioso del siglo III a. C.). Era el rey de Panchala del Norte,cuya capital era .El nombre de su padre era . También recibe el nombre de Krisná (‘la Negra’), debido al color de su piel.Otro nombre es el demónimo Pānchālī (‘la de [el reino de] Panchāla’).
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