n. (fr. 4. dru-) a wooden vessel, bucket, trough etc.; a soma- vessel ([ confer, compareZend draona]) etc. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'f(ā-).)
m. of a Brahman said to have been generated by bharad-vāja- in a bucket (the military preceptor of both the kuru- and paṇḍu- princes;afterwards king of a part of pañcāla- and general of the kuru-s, the husband of kṛpī- and father of aśvatthāman-) etc.
द्रोणः [cf. Un. 3. 1.] 1 A lake 4 poles long. -2 A cloud (or a particular kind of cloud) abounding in water (from which rain streams forth as from a bucket). को$यमेवंविधे काले कालपाशस्थिते मयि । अनावृष्टिहते शस्ये द्रोणमेघ इवोदितः ॥ Mk.1.26. -3 A raven or a carrion crow. -4 A scorpion. -5 A tree (in general). -6 A tree bearing (white) flowers. -7 N. of the preceptor of the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas. [Droṇa was the son of the sage Bharadvāja, and was so called because the seed, which fell at the sight of a nymph called Ghṛitāchī, was preserved by the sage in a droṇa. Though a Brāhmaṇa by birth, he was well-versed in the science of arms which he learnt from Paraśurāma. He afterwards taught the Kauravas and the Pāṇḍavas the science of arms and archery. When, however, the great war commenced, he attached himself to the side of the Kauravas, and after Bhīṣma had been mortally wounded-'lodged in the cage of darts'he assumed the command of the Kaurava forces and maintained the struggle for four successive days, achieving wonderful exploits and killing thousands of warriors on the Pāṇḍava side. On the fifteenth day of the battle the fight continued even during the night, and it was on the morning of the 16th that Bhīma, at the suggestion of Kṛiṣṇa, said within Droṇa's hearing that Aśvatthāman was slain (the fact being that an elephant named Aśvatthaman had fallen on the field). Being at a loss to understand how that could be, he appealed to Yudhiṣṭhira, 'the truthful', who also, at the advice of Kṛiṣṇa, gave an evasive reply--uttered loudly the word Aśvatthāman and added 'Gaja or elephant' in a very low tone; sec Ve.3.9. Sorely grieved at the death of his only son, the kind-hearted old father
fell in a swoon, and Dhṛiṣṭadyumna, his avowed enemy, took advantage of this circumstance, and cut off his head.] -णः, -णम् A measure of capacity, either the same as an Āḍhaka or equal to 4 Āḍhakas or 1/16 of a Khāri, or 32 or 64 shers; द्रोणस्तु खार्याः खलु षोडशांशः Lilā (Mar. अदमण). -णम् 1 A wooden vessel or cup, bucket; ततो$स्य रेतश्चस्कन्द तदृषिर्द्रोण आदधे Mb.1.13. 37. -2 A tub. -Comp. -आचार्यः see द्रोण above. -कलशः A kind of sacrificial vessel. -काकः, -काकलः a raven. -क्षीरा, -घा, -दुग्धा, -दुघा a cow yielding a droṇa of milk; सर्वा द्रोणदुघा गावो रामे राज्यं प्रशासति Mb.12.29.58. -गन्धिका a kind of plant (रासना). -मुखम् the capital of 4 villages; चतुःशतग्राम्या द्रोणमुखम् Kau. A.22. -मेघः see द्रोण (2) above. -वृष्टिः rain streaming forth from the द्रोण (cloud); अनावृष्टिहते सस्ये द्रोणवृष्टिरिवागता Mk.1.39.
m. n. trough, tub; a measure of capacity (=4 âdhakas); m. kind of cloud abounding in water (like a trough); N. of the preceptor of the Kurus and Pândavas in the art of war; N. of a Brâhman.
Denotes in the Rigveda a wooden trough,’ and more specifically it designates in the plural vessels used for holding Soma. The great wooden reservoir for Soma is called a Drona-kalaśa. The altar was sometimes made in the form of a Drona.
noun (masculine) a kind of cloud from which the rain streams forth as from a bucket (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of plant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a lake or large piece of water of 400 poles length (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a raven or crow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a scorpion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Brāhman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Brāhman said to have been generated by Bharadvāja in a bucket (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of one of the 4 sons of Mandapāla and Jaritā (born as birds) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of one of the 8 Vasus; husband of Abhimati and father of Harṣa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of several mountains (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of several other men (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a kind of salt
a Soma vessel (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a wooden vessel (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an altar shaped like a trough (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bucket (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
trough (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) a measure for measuring fields (as much land as is sown with a Droṇa of corn) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a measure of capacity; 4 Āḍhakas16 Puṣkalas 128 Kuñcis 1024 Muṣṭis (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a town which extends along the banks of a river
the chief of 400 villages (droṇamukhya) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the end of a valley (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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