[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.501 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c5.501](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.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. - [Previous: c5.500](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.500) - [Next: c5.502](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.502) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.501](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.501) · Pramāṇa