Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Hinduism and Tribal Religions pp 1–4Cite as

Draupadī

  • Living reference work entry
  • First Online:

  • 28 Accesses

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Indian Religions ((EIR))

(Also known as Panchali; Yajnaseni)

Draupadi is a mythological figure and a major woman character in the great Indian epic Mahabharata. The daughter of Drupada, the King of Panchala, Draupadi is the common wife of the five Pandava brothers and the queen of Indraprastha and Hastinapura. Draupadi is one of the pancha-kanyas or the five ideal women of Hindu mythology namely Ahalya, Mandodari, Sita, and Tara, renowned for their unfailing adherence to their svadharma or duties as mothers, sisters, and wives. Draupadi is worshipped as a cult Goddess in many temples of south and western India [1]. Draupadi is worshipped also as Durga, Parvati, or Kali, incarnations of the Adishakti or as incarnations of the Goddess Shri or Lakshmi (Prosperity), and even as Sachi, the consort of Indra, the King of Gods in the Hindu tradition [2]. Draupadi is also sometimes associated with Annapurna, the goddess of food, for her superb culinary skills and her open kitchen that was always ready to appease the...

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

References

  1. Flood G (ed) (2003) The Blackwell companion to Hinduism. Blackwell, Oxford, UK

    Google Scholar 

  2. Wilkins WJ (1900) Hindu mythology, Vedic and Puranic. Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta

    Google Scholar 

  3. Lal P (trans) (1980) The Mahabharata of Vyasa. Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi

    Google Scholar 

  4. Ganguli KM (1990) The Mahabharata of Vyasa. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi

    Google Scholar 

  5. van Buitenen JAB (trans) (1973–1978) The Mahabharata, vol 1, The book of the beginnings, vol 2, The book of the assembly hall, vol 3, The book of Virata and the book of effort. University of Chicago Press, Chicago

    Google Scholar 

  6. Karve I (1974) Yuganta. Orient BlackSwan, New Delhi, Republished 2007

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of English, Dr. Kanailal Bhattacharyya College (Under University of Calcutta), Howrah, West Bengal, India

    Sutapa Chaudhuri

Authors
  1. Sutapa Chaudhuri
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Sutapa Chaudhuri .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Dept of Anthropology, The University of North Texas Dept of Anthropology, Denton, TX, USA

    Pankaj Jain

  2. The Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Rita Sherma

  3. Jamia Millia Islamia, Centre for the Study of Comparative Reli Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India

    Madhu Khanna

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2020 Springer Nature B.V.

About this entry

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this entry

Chaudhuri, S. (2020). Draupadī. In: Jain, P., Sherma, R., Khanna, M. (eds) Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1036-5_310-1

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1036-5_310-1

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht

  • Print ISBN: 978-94-024-1036-5

  • Online ISBN: 978-94-024-1036-5

  • eBook Packages: Springer Reference Religion and PhilosophyReference Module Humanities and Social SciencesReference Module Humanities

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation