Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.766

c5.766

As Drupada was not powerful to wreak vengeance on Droṇa, he performed a sacrifice to obtain a son who could take revenge on Droṇa and regain his lost prestige. A son and a daughter were born from the sacrificial fire. The son was named Dhrṣṭadyumna. The daughter grew up and became the famous Pāñcālī.² (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 166). (For more particulars see under ‘Pāñcālī’ Para 2).