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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- Drupada at the svayamvara ceremony of Draupadi, 20th-century illustration
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- Gada, Bow and Arrow
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- Prishata (father) Suchitra (brother)
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- Prishati (chief queen)
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- Dhrishtadyumna, Shikhandi, Satyajit, Uttamaujas, Yudhamanyu and 6 other sonsDraupadi (daughter)
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- Svayamvara of Draupadi
- Role in Kurukshetra War
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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.
==Early life and family== thumb|An illustration depicting a young Drupada (left) with Drona According to the Mahabharata, Drupada is the son of Prishata, the king of Panchala Kingdom and his birth name was Yajnasena. Some Puranic scriptures provide a contradictory genealogy, according to which Drupada is the son of Somaka and Prishata is Somaka’s great grandfather.