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Puranic / Epic Royal Genealogy · Panchala Royal House
Prishata is a king of Panchala and the father of Drupada. His friendship with the sage Bharadvaja forms the earlier family connection behind Drupada and Drona’s childhood companionship.
Original Suvarnaveda painted interpretationTHE LIVING ARCHIVE
Prishata belongs to the older royal family of Panchala. He is the youngest of Somaka’s hundred sons, while Jantu is the eldest. His son Drupada becomes the king known from the Mahabharata; Draupadi and Dhrishtadyumna belong to the next generation through Drupada. Prishata’s own part in the epic concerns his friendship with Bharadvaja and the childhood shared by their sons, before those sons become rivals.
AT A GLANCE
THE STORY
ROLE & ESSENCE
Prishata stands at the meeting of two important households: the royal family of Panchala and Bharadvaja’s family of teachers. Their friendship explains how Drupada and Drona knew each other long before their dispute affected the Pandavas and the Panchala court.
Prishata is a king of Panchala and the father of Drupada. His friendship with the sage Bharadvaja forms the earlier family connection behind Drupada and Drona’s childhood companionship.
TRADITION & MEANING
Prishata’s friendship with Bharadvaja and Drupada’s later conflict with Drona belong to different generations. The fathers are described as friends; the sons’ rivalry develops after Prishata’s death and Drupada’s accession.
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FOLLOW THE THREADS
2 connected profiles. Every path leads to an original record.
Somaka is the parent of Prishata.
Prishata is the parent of Drupada.
VISUAL ARCHIVE