Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.1094

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7) Other details (1) Drupada was present at the marriage of Abhimanyu, celebrated at the city of Upaplavya (M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 72, Stanza 17).
(2) Drupada gave the Pāṇḍavas an akṣauhiṇī, (division 21870 elephants, 21870 chariots, 65610 horses, 109350 footmen) of army for the battle of Bhārata. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 57).
(3) At the battle of Bhārata, Drupada was anointed as one of the seven commanders on the side of the Pāṇḍavas. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 157, Stanza 11).
(4) Drupada fought with Jayadratha on the first day of the battle of Kurukṣetra. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 45, Stanza 55).
(5) Drupada was defeated in a combat with Droṇa the teacher. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 7, Stanza 48).
(6) Drupada combated with Aśvatthāmā. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 110, Stanza 16).
(7) He fought with Bhagadatta. (M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 14, Stanza 40).
(8) He fought with Bālhika. (M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 25, Stanza 18).
(9) He was defeated by Pṛṣata. (M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 138, Stanza 24).
(10) Droṇa the teacher killed Drupada. (M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 186, Stanza 43).
(11) The Pāṇḍavas gave offerings to the manes for Drupada. (M.B. Śānti Parva, Chapter 42, Stanza 5).
(12) Vyāsa evoked the spirits of the dead to the surface of the Ganges, after the Battle of Bhārata came to an end. Drupada also was there among the spirits which appeared on the Ganges. (M.B. Āśramavāsika Parva, Chapter 32, Stanza 8).
(13) After death Drupada entered heaven and was absorbed in Viśvadevas. (M.B. Svargārohaṇa Parva, Chapter 5, Stanza 15).
(14) It is stated in Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Stanza 68, that Drupada was born from a portion of the Marudgaṇas.