Birth
King Drupada of Panchala had been defeated by the Pandava prince Arjuna on behalf of Drona, who subsequently took half his kingdom to humiliate him. To gain revenge on Drona, he performed a fire-sacrifice (yajña) to obtain a means of besting him. Draupadi emerged as a beautiful dark-skinned young woman together with her sibling Dhṛṣṭadyumna from the sacrificial fire. She was named Kṛṣṇā for her dark complexion, though she is better known as Draupadī "daughter of Drupada".
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