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	Draupadi
		Draupadi vowed that her hair should remain dishevelled until Bhima should tie it up with hands dripping with the blood of Duhsasana.
		The murder was attributed to Draupadi's Gandharvas, and she was condemned to be burnt on Kichaka's funeral pile.
		Draupadi's real name was Krishna, She was called Draupadi and Yajnaseni, from her father; Parshati, from her grandfather Prishata; Panchali, from her country; Sairindhri, `the maid-servant' of the queen of Virata; Panchami, `having five husbands;' and Nitayauvani, `the ever-young.'
	www.mythfolklore.net /india/encyclopedia/draupadi.htm (1294 words)

	Draupadi XIV - War
		Draupadi had insisted that she stay in the war camp because she wanted to her husbands to constantly see her untied tresses and be reminded of their vows.
		Bhishma realised that this was a ruse perpetrated by Krishna.
		Draupadi loved Abhimanyu more than her sons and for the first time since she was humiliated in the court of Hastinapur she felt a twinge of doubt that the course of revenge she was pursuing was the right one.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/9380/99686 (412 words)

	Mythological tales Draupadi
		Draupadi was the daughter of Panchal king Drupad.
		Draupadi never forgot that insult, when she heard about a possible pact between the Kauravas and Pandavas, she reminded her husbands of the humiliation and thus encouraged them to fight the Mahabharat war.
		Draupadi replied that in order to control her husband, a wicked lady would only resort to tricks.
	www.urday.com /draupadi.html (861 words)

	Draupadi
		Draupadi questioned her husband Yudhishtra, if he had pledged her before or after he had lost himself in the gamble.
		Draupadi vehemently refused and proudly proclaimed that her husbands would win back their kingdom and that she did not want the gift of a kingdom which was theirs by right.
		Draupadi took a vow that she would not oil or tie her hair until the Kaurava Dushyaasan was killed.
	www.dalsabzi.com /Message/draupadi.htm (513 words)

	Draupadi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the epic Mahabharata, Draupadi is the daughter of King Drupada, and becomes the wife of the five Pandavas and then known as Princess Krishna.
		Draupadi asks her husbands the Pandavas to be freed from slavery.
		Before Arjuna won Draupadi's hand in the swayamvar,Karna had won her by hitting accurately on the fish's eye,but she rejects him as her husband as he was a labourer's son.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Draupadi (1653 words)

	Draupadi, the Woman : Epitome of Feminity and Feminism
		Draupadi was the daughter of Drupad, the king of Panchala, and the wife and queen of the five great Pandavas, renowned alike for her loveliness and her granite will.
		Draupadi is born of fire and therefore, often referred to as Yagnyaseni.
		Draupadi springs from the fire full grown, in the bloom of her youth, from the yajna vedi - the holy pyre - not requiring a human womb, ignoring the absence of Drupad's queen who was unable to respond to the priest's summons because her toilet was incomplete.
	www.artandcraftsofindia.com /draupadi.htm (4649 words)

	Draupadi
		Draupadi herself was always behaving in a manner in which she maintained the reputation of her family and her great country.
		Draupadi, who was also there, however, out of her love and concern, for Krishna, immediately tore off a piece of cloth from the end of her new saree and bandaged the Lord’s finger.
		Draupadi offered a grain of rice to Krishna with devotion and Krishna, in return, appeased the hunger of thousands of Duruvasa’s disciples when they came to her as guests.
	members.rediff.com /saivani/Draupadi.htm (1073 words)

	Draupadi and Kunti with the Pandavas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Draupadi's independence and fearless spirit, evident throughout the period, is a product of her upbringing as a warrior's daughter.
		We see Draupadi, the Pandavas, and their mother, Kunti, eating a meal; then their figures are repeated as they lie down to sleep.
		Draupadi's brother eavesdrops on their nighttime conversation to ascertain the identity of the ascetics.
	www.asia.si.edu /devi/fulldevi/deviCat81.htm (163 words)

	Devi: The Great Goddess
		Draupadi, heroine of the Mahabharata epic, is bold and forthright even in adversity.
		Draupadi challenges the assembly and demands to know how it is possible for one who has staked and lost his own self to retain the right to wager her.
		Duryodhana, the winner of the bet, insists that Draupadi is indeed his to do with as he pleases and orders that she be disrobed.
	www.asia.si.edu /devi/draupadi.htm (163 words)

	Was Draupadi Disrobed in the Dice Hall of Hastinaputra? by Satya Chaitanya
		And to add horror to the incident, Draupadi was having her periods when this incident takes place and was wearing a single piece of cloth as was the custom in those days.
		While it is possible that Draupadi changed her cloth since her disrobing and the new cloth too got stained by blood, I believe it is more likely that she was wearing the same cloth on her way to the jungle as she was wearing that morning.
		The verses dealing with this specifically mention that Draupadi was menstruating at that time, that she was in a single cloth, that she was dragged into the assembly.
	www.boloji.com /hinduism/094.htm (4000 words)

	Draupadi
		Draupadi is one of the leading characters of the Mahabharata, a renowned Indian Hindu epic.
		Thus, Draupadi prayed to Lord Krishna, and after hearing her prayer, he protected her and made her sari an endless piece of fabric.
		Draupadi is often considered a symbol of the Indian woman's strength, virtue, honor, and self-sacrifice; she is often represented as the "ideal" Indian woman.
	www.haverford.edu /engl/engl277b/Contexts/draupadi.htm (688 words)

	The Disrobing of Draupadi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Draupadi's husbands, the Pandavas, who have lost her as well as their kingdom in a crooked game of dice, sit helplessly to the right.
		As Dushasana repeatedly tries to strip Draupadi, Krishna's divine grace provides her with an unending length of material as a sari, thus sparing her further humiliation.
		The episode of the dice game and the disrobing of Draupadi is the most important drama enacted in an eighteen-night festival held in many towns and cities.
	www.asia.si.edu /devi/fulldevi/deviCat82.htm (137 words)

	Kamat's Potpourri: Pictures from Indian Mythology - Draupadi's Marriage
		Those were the times of going by the words and Draupadi was blessed with not one, but five brave husbands, the Pandavas.
		According to the story, even the five husbands could not protect Draupadi's honor when she was humiliated in an open court by Dushasana, the second of the Kauravas by stripping her saree.
		Draupadi bore five sons, one from each of her husbands in five consecutive years.
	www.kamat.com /kalranga/mythology/mahabharat/draupadi.htm (315 words)

	Draupadi the Godess and Bhishma's Reminicences by Pradip Bhattacharya
		The Draupadi cult is a fascinating combination of the folk and the classical traditions, which the scholar investigates chiefly through the Terukkuttu dramas (street plays) reaching out to the classical and vernacular epic traditions as well as analogous cults for further insights.
		The Telegu tradition has Krishna explain to Bhima that Draupadi is the primal Shakti whom he had promised to satiate with human flesh and that is why he has arranged the Kurukshetra War, during which she roams the battlefield at night consuming corpses.
		Draupadi’s Shakti aspect is conclusively established at the end of the Terukkuttu cycle in the stance Draupadi takes atop Duryodhana’s thigh or chest, like Durga atop Mahishasura, pulling out his intestines while Krishna braids her hair.
	www.boloji.com /hinduism/056.htm (1697 words)

	Hindunet: The Hindu Universe: Draupadi: A role model for modern women (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Draupadi has more than 250 temples in the South of India where she is worshipped as a goddess.
		Draupadi is a woman of strength who will not forgive anybody who attempts to humiliate and degrade her.
		Draupadi is often criticized for her marriage to five brothers.
	www.hindunet.org /forum/showflat.php?Number=2751 (2958 words)

	Monthly Original Bishoujo
		Draupadi is the second born of the mighty king of northern lands and she always lived on the coast in the palace of her family and on the academy where she learned everything she needed about the history and the culture of her land and the life on the sea, according to their parents' will.
		Draupadi took the decision to escape: she didn't want to leave the sea that she loved so much, but she couldn't get married with someone she never met before to make the kingdom stronger.
		Draupadi will learn what does it means being a warrior out of the safe walls of the accademy and she will have a lot of chances to prove herself.
	mob.amphisbaena.com /months/index.php?m=200512 (1000 words)

	Draupadi XI - Exile
		On his return he expected to be fed. The Akshaya Patra had been cleaned and put away and Draupadi knew that she was in deep trouble.
		Draupadi invited him to the cottage and gave him the honour and respect due to a sister's husband.
		When Draupadi spurned his advances he forcibly dragged her to his chariot and sped away, swearing he would accomplish what Dushasan could not.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/mythology_from_india/97554 (455 words)

	Indian Myth and Legend: Chapter XIII. The Choice of Draupadi
		The heart of Draupadi was filled with joy, and, smiling coyly, she advanced towards Arjuna and flung the golden bridal garland over his shoulders.
		So she said unto Draupadi: "Divide the food, and first set aside a share for the poor; then cut what is left into two parts, one part for Bhima, and the rest for my other sons and for thee and me."
		Then Vyasa told that Draupadi was the re-incarnation of a pious woman who once prayed unto the god Shiva for a husband: five times she prayed, and the god rewarded her with the promise of five husbands in her next existence.
	www.sacred-texts.com /hin/iml/iml18.htm (2687 words)

	Hinduism,hindu festivals,customs,traditions and observances in Trinidad and Tobago.The Mahabharata
		The servant went to Draupadi's chamber and appraised her of the situation.She questioned him as to wheather Yudhishtira had his freedom before wagering her in the game and the servant again explained to her the details of what had transpired.
		Draupadi seeing that there was no one present here to rescue her from this major crisis that she was now faced with,started praying to Krishna for help.Dussashana began pulling on Draupadi's sari (clothing) and Draupadi's desperation became greater and so did her mental prayer to Krishna.
		Draupadi repeatedly asked for an answer to her question,wheather she was a slave or not.Duryodhana taunted here again and again telling her to ask her slave husbands.Yudhishtira was ashamed and bent his head.
	www.trinihindu.faithweb.com /sabha8.html (597 words)

	Draupadi
		Draupadi was born of a holy fire, when her father Drupada performed a Yajna (Sacrifice).
		Draupadi married the Pandavas and became the queen of Hastinapura.
		In exchange for that piece of cloth Krishna miraculously produced yards and yards of cloth, to conceal Draupadi's body, when she was being disrobed, by the Kauravas, after the Pandavas lost Draupadi in a game of dice.
	www.dalsabzi.com /Books/kids_kahaani/Mahabhaarata/draupadi.htm (428 words)

	INDOlink Kidz Korner : Mahabharata - Part 9
		Draupadi, being happily married to the Pandava brothers, refused.
		As soon as Draupadi heard of this plan, she begged Bheema to rescue her.
		The next day Keechak’s corpse was discovered in Draupadi’s room, with no clue as to who was the assailant.
	www.indolink.com /Kidz/Stories/mahabharat9.html (762 words)

	Udappu's Draupadi Goddess Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Of the many customs and rituals that preserve the traditional culture of Udappuwa, perhaps the most important is the Draupadi Goddess Great Festival, which takes place in July and August (the fifth day of the festival falling on the new moon).
		Duryodhana and his younger brother tried to disrobe Draupadi, but as they pulled off one sari, another took its place, thanks to the intervention of Krishna.
		For this attempt to dishonour her, Draupadi vowed vengeance upon Duryodhana; the ensuing feud culminated in a fierce battle lasting 18 days.
	udappu.org /4.htm (289 words)

	INDOlink Kidz Korner : Mahabharata - Part 3
		From Ekachakra, the Pandavas, disguised as Brahmins, arrived at Panchal to attend the swyambara ceremony of Draupadi.
		At the appropriate time, king Drupad greeted and honored all the participants and announced that his daughter Draupadi was going to enter the venue.
		But he suddenly realized that his weapons were left in Draupadi's bedchamber and Yudhishthira was enjoying her company at that time.
	www.indolink.com /Kidz/Stories/mahabharat3.html (1125 words)

	Photo Galleries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The story is often presented as a simple story of good winning over evil, of the victory of the rightful heirs to the throne over their enemies.
		Draupadi, the queen of Yudhishthir and the Pandavas, made fun of it and her hearty laugh broke the heart of Duryodhan.
		Yudhisthir lost everything in that game including himself, the Pandava brothers and queen Draupadi who was extremely humiliated in the court room especially by Dushyashan, the second brother of Duryodhan.
	www.asavari.org /DraupadiiVastraharan.html (352 words)

	Keechaka is Killed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Draupadi warned him – "Leave such evil thoughts or else you will be like a weak boy jumping into a folded river to cross it." She ran away from him.
		Draupadi was now like a cobra whose hood had been touched.
		Draupadi was enraged and said, "I came with some trust and confidence in you.
	www.freeindia.org /biographies/greatpersonalities/draupadi/page11.htm (526 words)

	Draupadi - Wife of the Pandavas - Indian Mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Draupadi was the daughter of the Panchala King Drupada and is also called Panchali.
		From the sacrificial fire was born Draupadi and her brother Dhrishtadhyumna.
		Then fulfilling a promise made to their mother (which obliged them to share everything equally), all the five Pandavas married Draupadi.
	members.cox.net /apamnapat/entities/Draupadi.html (316 words)

	University of Houston - Collegium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		I can see a conversation emerging between Draupadi and her brother, who is very close to her, about the meaning of honor and maybe the downside of it.
		Draupadi and her husbands will need this when they spend a year in anonymity.
		My Draupadi will be aghast that she’s going to be like the purse of gold given to a winner at the end of a wrestling match, with no control over her destiny.
	www.uh.edu /collegium/print/fall05/pages/sixWeeks.htm (1226 words)

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