Drona
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Drona is a revered martial guru and master archer in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known primarily as the teacher of the Pandavas and Kauravas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Drona canonical | 16 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archer
ⓘ
guru ⓘ mythological character ⓘ warrior ⓘ |
| allegiance | Hastinapura ⓘ |
| alternateName |
INS Dronacharya
ⓘ
surface form:
Dronacharya
|
| appearsIn | Mahabharata ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Brahmastra knowledge
ⓘ
Kuru dynasty ⓘ advanced archery techniques ⓘ |
| birthplace |
hermitage of sage Kanva
ⓘ
surface form:
hermitage of Bharadwaja (traditional attribution)
|
| child | Ashwatthama ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
name used as metaphor for strict or demanding teacher
ⓘ
revered as a teacher figure in Indian tradition ⓘ |
| deathCause | beheading on the battlefield ⓘ |
| deathCircumstances | killed after laying down arms on hearing false news of Ashwatthama’s death ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Brahmins
ⓘ
surface form:
Brahmin
|
| event | Kurukshetra War ⓘ |
| father | Bharadwaja ⓘ |
| killedBy | Dhrishtadyumna ⓘ |
| knownFor |
commanding the Kaurava army in the Kurukshetra War
ⓘ
mastery of archery ⓘ teaching the Kauravas ⓘ teaching the Pandavas ⓘ |
| notableEpisode |
demanding Ekalavya’s right thumb as guru dakshina
ⓘ
refusal to teach Ekalavya formally ⓘ training Arjuna to excel all other archers ⓘ |
| occupation |
martial guru
ⓘ
royal preceptor ⓘ |
| position |
commander-in-chief of the Kaurava army
ⓘ
royal preceptor of the Kuru princes ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| sectionFeaturedIn |
Drona Parva
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surface form:
Drona Parva of the Mahabharata
|
| spouse | Kripi ⓘ |
| student |
Arjuna
ⓘ
Ashwatthama ⓘ Bhima ⓘ Bhishma (in some traditions as co-disciple or associate) ⓘ Duryodhana ⓘ Nakula ⓘ Sahadeva ⓘ Yudhishthira ⓘ |
| symbolism | ideal of technical mastery with moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| teacher | Parashurama ⓘ |
| textualSource | Mahabharata ⓘ |
| vow | favored Arjuna as his foremost disciple ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Drona Description of subject: Drona is a revered martial guru and master archer in the Indian epic Mahabharata, known primarily as the teacher of the Pandavas and Kauravas.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.