Dhrishtadyumna’s Family Tree

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Family

• Drupada(parent),Draupadi(sibling)— Miraculous

  Drupada performed a great sacrifice seeking vengeance against Drona. From the fire emerged Dhrishtadyumna, destined to slay Drona, and Draupadi, destined to cause the destruction of the Kshatriyas.

Slew

• Drona

  Dhrishtadyumna beheaded Drona on the fifteenth day at Kurukshetra after Yudhishthira's half-lie about Ashwatthama's death caused the great teacher to lay down his weapons in grief and sit in meditation on the battlefield.

Slain by

• Ashwatthama

  Ashwatthama stole into the sleeping Pandava camp on the war's final night and strangled Dhrishtadyumna to death with his bare hands, avenging Dhrishtadyumna's killing of his father Drona on the battlefield.

Associated with

• Kurukshetra

  Dhrishtadyumna commanded the Pandava army at Kurukshetra and killed Drona, the Kaurava commander, by beheading him after Drona laid down his arms in grief. Born from a sacrificial fire specifically to slay Drona, he fulfilled his destined purpose on the battlefield.