โทรณาจารย์
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Droṇa (, ), also referred to as Dronacharya (, ), is a major character of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. He initially serves as the royal preceptor of the Kauravas and the Pandavas of the Kuru dynasty, and later emerges as one of the epic’s principal counsellors and warriors.
Key facts
- Character.image
- File:Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists - The Trial of the Princes.jpg
- Character.caption
- Drona teaching archery to the Kuru princes, painting by Nandalal Bose
- Character.title
- Acharya, Guru
- Character.occupation
- Royal Preceptor
- Character.family
- Bharadvaja (father)
- Character.relatives
- Shrutavati (sister)Kripa (brother-in-law)
- Character.spouse
- Kripi
- Character.children
- Ashvatthama (son)
- Character.lbl21
- Disciples
- Character.name
- Dronacharya Acharya
- Character.series
- Mahabharata
- Character.info hdr
- Information
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Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Place of death
- Kurukshetra district
- Child
- Aśvatthāmā
- Father
- Bharadwaja
- Occupation
- guru
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Student of
- Agnivesa
- Residence
- Hastinapur
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- student
- Arjuna
- Commons category
- Drona
- present in work
- Mahabharata
- killed by
- Dhṛṣṭadyumna
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