
	Where results make sense

Topic: Dhrishtadyumna

Related Topics

Dushasana

Ashwathama

Karna

Ghatotkacha

Abhimanyu

Kurukshetra

Shalya

Krishna

	The Mahabharata, Book 7: Drona Parva: Ghatotkacha-badha Parva: Section CLXX
		And as Dhrishtadyumna proceeded for accomplishing the destruction of Drona, the Panchalas and the Pandavas, O king, surrounded him.
		Indeed, O king, Dhrishtadyumna, in that dreadful battle, quickly pierced Drona himself, and Karna, and Drona's son, and thy son.
		Wait!' Dhrishtadyumna then pierced Drumasena in return with three straight arrows, in the encounter, which were equipped with wings of gold, steeped in oil, and capable of taking the life of him at whom they are sped.
	www.sacred-texts.com /hin/m07/m07167.htm (1585 words)

	The Mahabharata, Book 8: Karna Parva: Section 59
		The son of Radha, too, O monarch, singly resisted the Pancalas and the Pandavas and the (five) sons of Draupadi and Yudhamanyu and the mighty car-warrior Satyaki, in consequence of which feat he became the cynosure of all eyes.
		Then Dhrishtadyumna in that battle cut off the very tough and formidable bow of Drona's son, as also all his arrows resembling snakes of virulent poison.
		Seeing Dhrishtadyumna dragged, O ruler of men by his enemy, the mighty Partha sped many arrows at the son of Drona.
	www.sacred-texts.com /hin/m08/m08059.htm (1419 words)

	Weekly Assignments (Epics of India)
		Inside the camp, AÅwatthaman kills Dhrishtadyumna, Sikhandin and the Panchala allies (the Panchalas are the armies led by king Drupada and his son Dhrishtadyumna).
		Dhrishtadyumna's driver is the only one of the Panchalas who escaped the raid.
		Funeral pyres are lit for the bodies of Jayadratha and Åalya, of Duryodhana and his brothers and Åakuni, of Drona and Karna, of Drupada and Dhrishtadyumna and Sikhandin, of Virata and Uttara.
	www.mythfolklore.net /india/weeks/week14/readinga.htm (1429 words)

	Books By Rajaji - Mahabharata - The Sixth Day ( Page 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Fearing that Bhima would be overpowered and killed Dhrishtadyumna drove his chariot into the enemy lines in search of Bhimasena, whose path was marked by the bodies of slain elephants.
		Dhrishtadyumna embraced him and took him into his chariot and proceeded to pick out the shafts that had stuck in his body.
		Dhrishtadyumna had a secret weapon, which he had obtained from Dronacharya and, discharging it, threw the enemy forces into a stupor.
	www.hindubooks.org /books_by_rajaji/mahabharata/the_sixth_day/page3.htm (197 words)

	The Second Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		THE Pandava army, having fared badly on the first day of the battle, Dhrishtadyumna, the Generalissimo, devised measures to avoid a repetition of it.
		As this great and wonderful scene was enacted in one part of the field, at another place a fierce battle was being fought between Drona and his born enemy Dhrishtadyumna, the son of the king of the Panchalas and brother of Draupadi.
		Dhrishtadyumna then drew his sword and rushed forward like a lion springing on its elephant prey.
	www.switzerinstrument.com /Rajaji-Original/mahabharata/Second.htm (938 words)

	Indian Epics Blog - Powered By Bloglines
		Dhrishtadyumna: Yes, there is an elephant that goes by that name that I killed. I killed it so that I would not be lying.
		Dhrishtadyumna: I only did what you wanted of me. I stopped Drona. It doesn't matter how I did it. All that matters is that I did.
		Arjuna: Dhrishtadyumna, for this reason you are not a noble warrior.
	www.bloglines.com /blog/G-T (3278 words)

	Yudhishthira's Misgivings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		As a result of all this, the Kaurava army had to fight on three fronts, and was greatly weakened.
		Dhrishtadyumna threw away his bow and, sword and shield in hand, he sprang upon Drona's chariot.
		Drona, hissing like a fl cobra, his eyes red with anger, advanced on Satyaki who was among the front rank warriors on the Pandava side and who, when he saw Drona desiring battle, went forward to accept the challenge.
	www.switzerinstrument.com /Rajaji-Original/mahabharata/Misgivings.htm (1159 words)

	Draupadi's Swayamvaram (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Dhrishtadyumna on horseback rode in front of his sister Draupadi seated on an elephant.
		After the peace invocation had been chanted and the flourish of music had stopped, Dhrishtadyumna took Draupadi by the hand and led her to the center of the hall.
		Dhrishtadyumna answered: "O best of brahmanas, my sister will become the life-mate of any one of good family and presence, who bends the bow and shoots the target.
	www.switzerinstrument.com /Rajaji-Original/mahabharata/Swayamvaram.htm (1523 words)

	Brahma Sutras by Swami Sivananda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The argument commenced in Sutra 17 to refute the objections raised in Sutra 12, is continued.
		There are, moreover, traditions, apart from the Vedas that certain persons like Drona, Dhrishtadyumna, Sita, Draupadi and others were not born in the ordinary way from mother's womb.
		In the case of Dhrishtadyumna and others, even two of the oblations, viz., the one offered into woman and the one offered into man, were absent.
	www.swami-krishnananda.org /bs_3/bs_3-1-03.html (1742 words)

	Mahabharata - As the Curtain of Death Falls by Satya Chaitanya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Dhrishtadyumna was born of his father’s desire for vengeance — and not a very noble vengeance either.
		Dhrishtadyumna was born of this dark desire for vengeance against a man who was not really at fault.
		And Dhrishtadyumna studies under Drona, contemplating constantly on his vengeance, on his ultimate aim of killing his guru.
	www.indianest.com /hinduism/088.htm (3428 words)

	The Mahabharata, Book 7: Drona Parva: Drona-vadha Parva: Section CXCII
		Then the mighty car-warrior Dhrishtadyumna, of immeasurable soul, invoking into existence the Brahma weapon, caused the.steeds of his own car to be mingled with those of his foes.
		The mighty car-warrior Dhrishtadyumna, desirous of achieving, from folly, a difficult feat, hoped to pierce the chest of Bharadwaja's son in that battle.
		The form, O king, of Dhrishtadyumna at that time, when he sought to slay the son of Bharadwaja, resembled the form of Vishnu himself in days of yore when at the point of slaying Hiranyakasipu.
	www.ibiblio.org /sripedia/ebooks/mb/m07/m07187.htm (1399 words)

	The Mahabharata, Book 6: Bhishma Parva: Bhagavat-Gita Parva: Section LIII
		Drona with diverse arrows pierced Dhrishtadyumna and felled the latter's
		And beholding that arrow aimed by Bharadwaja in battle, loud cries of oh and alas arose, O Bharata, among all the combatants.
		And we behold the mighty car-warrior Dhrishtadyumna staying where he did and warding off those clouds of arrows with his shield, using his arms with great dexterity.
	www.ibiblio.org /sripedia/ebooks/mb/m06/m06053.htm (971 words)

	Bhagavad-gita As It Is Chapter 1 Verse 3
		As a result of this quarrel, Drupada performed a great sacrifice, by which he received the benediction of having a son who would be able to kill Dronacarya.
		Dronacarya knew this perfectly well, and yet as a liberal brahmana he did not hesitate to impart all his military secrets when the son of Drupada, Dhrishtadyumna, was entrusted to him for military education.
		Now, on the Battlefield of Kurukshetra, Dhrishtadyumna took the side of the Pandavas, and it was he who arranged for their military phalanx, after having learned the art from Dronacarya.
	www.bhagavadgitaasitis.com /1/3/en1 (318 words)

	Brave Abhimanyu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Among the Pandavas, Bheema's mace made the enemies tremble; the enemies were terrified even in their dreams at the mention of the Gandiva, Arjuna’s bow, and his arrows.
		Dhrishtadyumna was the chief of the Pandava army.
		It was a fierce war; it was war in which very great heroes like Bheeshma, Drona, Karna, Ashwatthama, Shalya, Bheema, Arjuna, Dhrishtadyumna, Ghatotkacha fought; hundreds of other kings who had already taken part in many battles also fought here; and it was in such a war that the very young Abhimanyu fought.
	www.freeindia.org /biographies/greatpersonalities/veerabhimanyu/page6.htm (2645 words)

	iShopIndian.com :: Movies :: Drama :: Hey! Ram
		Episode 77: The Pandava army had fared poorly during the first day of battle.
		Dhrishtadyumna, the commander-in-chief of the Pandavas, devises strategies to avoid a repetition of the first day.
		Bheeshma, Drona, Kripa and several other warriors shoot arrows at Arjun, but he preseveres and attacks Bheeshma's chariot.
	www.ishopindian.com /shop/catalog/Hey-Ram-p-22249.html (701 words)

	E-gazetteer - History of District Etawah
		During the war Dhrishtadyumna, the son of king Drupada, was appointed the Comrnander-in-Chief of the Pandava.
		Drupada was killed by Drona on the 15th day of war and finally the same evening Dhrishtadyumna took revenge by killing Drona in the battle-field.
		Panchala figures as the tenth in the list of the sixteen premier states (Sodasamahajanapada) of the time of Lord Budha and Mahavira and is said to have extended from the foot of Himalayas to the river Chambal which includes this district -also.
	etawah.nic.in /gaz/2.htm (12620 words)

	Bhagavad Gita 1.3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		As a result of this quarrel, Drupada performed a great sacrifice, by which he received the benediction of having a son who would be able to kill Dronacarya.
		Dronacarya knew this perfectly well, and yet as a liberal brahmana he did not hesitate to impart all his military secrets when the son of Drupada, Dhrishtadyumna, was entrusted to him for military education.
		Now, on the Battlefield of Kurukshetra, Dhrishtadyumna took the side of the Pandavas, and it was he who arranged for their military phalanx, after having learned the art from Dronacarya.
	www.bhagavad-gita.us /articles/657/1/Bhagavad-Gita-13 (401 words)

	[No title]
		Determined to discover who had won his beloved daughter, he asked his son, Dhrishtadyumna, to spy on the disguised Pandavas.
		Dhrishtadyumna did so and, on watching the goings-on in their house saw his sister, a princess born in the royal household and used to all comfort, happily eating the meagre alms that the "brahmana" brothers had begged.
		Dhrishtadyumna was surprised to see the smile that lurked at the corner of Draupadi's lips.
	www.vaisnavi.com /Articles/Humility,%20Chastity,%20Surrender%20and%20Protection.htm (2969 words)

	Mahabharata (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Dronacharya abandoned his weapons on hearing this bad news and Dhrishtadyumna faced no problems in killing him.
		Karna now became the Kaurava general and lasted for two and a half days before he was killed by Arjuna.
		In the dead of the night, he entered the Pandava camp where he killed Dhrishtadyumna and the five sons of Droupadi.
	www.divineaim.com /mahabharata.htm (1214 words)

	INDOlink Kidz-Korner -Mahabharata (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		At the appropriate time, king Drupad greeted and honored all the participants and announced that his daughter Draupadi was going to enter the venue.
		Within a short while, Dhrishtadyumna addressing the gathering said, "Honorable princes, you can see a fish hanging from a revolving wheel fixed on the top of a pole.
		Drupad and Dhrishtadyumna were getting worried since all of the princes present at the function had failed.
	www.indolink.com /Kidz/Mbharatpart3.html (1117 words)

	Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa , The
		Robbed of his kingdom by me, O Bharata, the king performed a sacrifice for obtaining a son (that should slay me).
		Aided by the ascetic power of Yaja and Upayaja, Drupada obtained from the (sacrificial) fire a son named Dhrishtadyumna and a daughter, viz., the faultless Krishna, both risen from the sacrificial platform.
		That Dhrishtadyumna is the brother-in-law of the sons of Pandu by marriage, and dear unto them.
	manybooks.net /pages/anonetext05mhbh210/214.html (336 words)

	[No title]
		Similarly, Sanjaya, Drupada's son Dhrishtadyumna, uplifting his scimitar, slew the mighty bowman Drona who, already pierced with many arrows, had laid aside his weapons in battle and devoted himself to Yoga.
		By him also were the sons of Pritha spared, in consequence, as I think, of their relationship unto him of pupils.
		They consisted of Dhrishtadyumna and Shikhandi and the five sons of Draupadi and the Prabhadrakas, and Satyaki and Chekitana with the Dravida forces, and the Pandyas, the Cholas, and the Keralas, surrounded by a mighty array, all possessed of broad chests, long arms, tall statures, and large eyes.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/15476/15476.txt (20968 words)

	The First Day's Battle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Virata, his son Uttara, Dhrishtadyumna, the son of Drupada and Bhima came to relieve the young hero and attacked the grandsire who then turned his attentions on them.
		Uttara, the son of Virata, rode an elephant and led a fierce charge on Salya.
		There is Satyaki and there are Virata, Drupada and Dhrishtadyumna, besides myself.
	www.switzerinstrument.com /Rajaji-Original/mahabharata/Battle.htm (688 words)

	Bhagavad-gita As It Is Chapter 1 Verses 16-18
		King Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, blew his conchshell, the Ananta - vijaya, and Nakula and Sahadeva blew the Sughosha and Manipushpaka.
		That great archer the King of Kasi, the great fighter Sikhandi, Dhrishtadyumna, Virata, the unconquerable Satyaki, Drupada, the sons of Draupadi, and the others, O King, such as the mighty-armed son of Subhadra, all blew their respective conchshells.
		Sanjaya informed King Dhritarashtra very tactfully that his unwise policy of deceiving the sons of Pandu and endeavoring to enthrone his own sons on the seat of the kingdom was not very laudable.
	www.bhagavadgitaasitis.com /1/16-18/en1 (208 words)

	MAHABHARAT - 16 DVD BOX SET
		Sge Vyas, Sri Krishna and Dhrishtadyumna visited them and even offered to help them to return to Hastinapur and claim back their reams but Ydhishthir refused to accept their offer and insisted to live in the forests for the stipulated period of exile.
		For the last day of the war Salya was made the supreme commander and with his fall the war was practically over as Shakuni too had been killed by Sahdev.
		Ashwathama killed Dhrishtadyumna and five sons of Draupadi.
	www.allzonedvd.com /bollywood/misc/mahaboxstory.html (3196 words)

	Rama's Lectures on the Gita - 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Then, with his mind set on killing Drona, Drupada performed a sacrifice and begot a son, Dhrishtadyumna, who was meant to kill Drona.
		Bhima, Yudhishthira, Nakula, Sahadeva, King of Kasi, Sikhandi, Dhrishtadyumna, Virata, Satyaki, Drupada and his sons, and the youngest, Abhimanu, all blew their conchs.
		The deafening sound thus created by the conchs of the Pandava warriors was so powerful and terrifying that it rent the hearts of the Kauravas and echoed throughout the earth and sky.
	www.americanyoga.org /Rama%20Gita/Rama%20Gita%203.html (1721 words)

	Indian Epic Mahabharata Paintings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Yudhishthira, who is known for his truthfulness, says that Ashvatthaman is dead after Bhima kills an elephant with that name, but the intent is clearly to mislead Drona.
		Drona lays down his weapons, and Dhrishtadyumna cuts off his head.
		In a family quarrel Arjuna is on the verge of killing Yudhishthira, but Krishna intervenes and says that nonviolence (ahimsa) is even more important that truthfulness.
	www.artoflegendindia.com /read/indian_epic_mahabharata_paintings.htm (1781 words)

	Ashwathama -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In the epic ((Hinduism) a sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in many episodes with the struggle between two rival families) Mahabharata Ashwathama was the son of the royal (A Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher) guru, (Click link for more info and facts about Drona) Drona charya.
		Rumors about his death in the (Click link for more info and facts about Kurukshetra) Kurukshetra war led to the death of his father in the hands of Prince (Click link for more info and facts about Dhrishtadyumna) Dhrishtadyumna.
		A vengeful Ashwathama obtained permission from dying Duryodhana to brutally murder Dhrishtadhyumna after the war had officially ended.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/As/Ashwathama.htm (108 words)

	Bhagavad-gita As It Is Chapter 1 Verses 16-18
		King Yudhishthira, the son of Kuntī, blew his conchshell, the Ananta - vijaya, and Nakula and Sahadeva blew the Sughosha and Manipushpaka.
		That great archer the King of Kāśī, the great fighter Śikhandī, Dhrishtadyumna, Virāta, the unconquerable Sātyaki, Drupada, the sons of Draupadī, and the others, O King, such as the mighty-armed son of Subhadrā, all blew their respective conchshells.
		Sañjaya informed King Dhritarāshtra very tactfully that his unwise policy of deceiving the sons of Pāndu and endeavoring to enthrone his own sons on the seat of the kingdom was not very laudable.
	bhagavadgitaasitis.com /1/16-18/en3 (208 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)