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A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.501

A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.501

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c5.501

DHRISHTA-DYUMNA. Brother of Draupadī, and commander-in-chief of the Pāndava armies. He killed, somewhat unfairly in combat, Drona, who had beheaded his father, and he in his turn was killed by Drona’s son, Aswatthāman, who stamped him to death with his feet as he lay asleep.