An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s3.434.1

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Droṇa, the preceptor of the Dhārtarāṣṭras and the Pāṇḍavas, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, etc., son of Bharadvāja, husband of Kṛpī, and father of Aśvatthāman. § 4 (Anukram.): I, 1, 138, †186, †194, †199 (*Ācāryam*), †201.—§ 9 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 300.—§ 11 (do.): I, 2, 537.—§ 83 (Ādivamśāvatāraṇa): I, 63, 2436 (father of Aśvatthāman), 2438 (Dhṛṣṭadyumna was born for the destruction of D.).—§ 130 (Amśāvat.): I, 67, 2705 (*Bhāradvājam*, born from a portion of Bṛhaspati), 2707 (*Dhanurvede Vede ca yaṃ tam Vedavido viduḥ variṣṭham*).—§ 199 (Sambhavap.): *Bhīṣma* prevailed upon D. to accept the Pāṇḍavas and the Kauravas as his pupils in the *Dhanurveda*: I, 130, 5096 (*Bhāradvāja*).—§ 200 (do.): Janamejaya said: "Tell me about the birth of Droṇa and of his son *Aśvatthāman*." Vaiśampāyana said: The *ṛṣi* Bharadvāja who dwelt at Gaṅgādvāra one day saw the Apsaras Ghṛtācī coming from her bath; then his seed came out, but was preserved by him in a vessel (*droṇa*); from that seed sprang D., who studied the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas. Bharadvāja had taught Agniveśa the use of the *Āgneya* weapon, and the muni who had sprung from Fire (i.e. Agniveśa) now taught it to D.: I, 130, 5100, 5106.—§ 201 (do.): D. was a friend of Drupada (q.v.). Droṇa remained in the hermitage of his father and practised austerities. With *Kṛpī* *Śaradvatī* he had the son *Aśvatthāman* (b). D. studied the *Dhanurveda*.