Dronacharya

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Brahmin character in the Mahabharata guru martial arts teacher mythological figure royal preceptor

Dronacharya is a legendary martial arts teacher and royal preceptor in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for training the Pandavas and Kauravas in warfare and archery.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Guru Dronacharya 1
legendary military teacher Dronacharya 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Brahmin ⓘ
character in the Mahabharata ⓘ
guru ⓘ
martial arts teacher ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ
royal preceptor ⓘ
allegiance Hastinapura NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsIn Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Arjuna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ashwatthama NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bharadwaja NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bhishma NERFINISHED ⓘ
Duryodhana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kripacharya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kripi NERFINISHED ⓘ
child Ashwatthama NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathCause killed after being psychologically broken by news of Ashwatthama’s supposed death ⓘ
deathEvent killed on the fifteenth day of the Kurukshetra War (traditional account) ⓘ
event Kurukshetra War NERFINISHED ⓘ
father Bharadwaja NERFINISHED ⓘ
kingServed Dhritarashtra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pandu (in earlier period) NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor imparting advanced archery skills to Arjuna ⓘ
partiality toward Arjuna ⓘ
role as commander of the Kaurava army in the Kurukshetra War ⓘ
strict discipline as a teacher ⓘ
training the Pandavas and Kauravas in warfare ⓘ
legacy symbol of an ideal yet conflicted teacher in Indian tradition ⓘ
name Drona NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation archery instructor ⓘ
royal preceptor of the Kuru princes ⓘ
teacher of warfare ⓘ
relatedConcept guru–shishya tradition ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
sideInWar Kauravas NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Kripi NERFINISHED ⓘ
student Arjuna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bhima NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bhishma (as military colleague and junior in some traditions) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Duryodhana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karna (in some traditions, limited instruction) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nakula NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sahadeva NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yudhishthira NERFINISHED ⓘ
studentGroup Kauravas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pandavas NERFINISHED ⓘ
title Acharya ⓘ
vow to make Arjuna the greatest archer ⓘ
weaponSpecialization bow and arrow ⓘ
divine astras ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Virata Parva → featuresCharacter → Dronacharya ⓘ
Yellow Line → hasStation → Dronacharya ⓘ
subject surface form: Yellow Line (Delhi Metro)
this entity surface form: Guru Dronacharya
INS Dronacharya → namedAfter → Dronacharya ⓘ
INS Dronacharya → namedFor → Dronacharya ⓘ
this entity surface form: legendary military teacher Dronacharya