Drupada

[Alf Hiltebeitel]

On "Drupada," more or less in line with John Smith's note, see
Madeleine Biardeau, "Etudes de mythologie hindoue: 4, bhakti et avatara,"
Bulletin de l'Ecole Francaise d'Extreme Orient 65 (1978), 241-53, and the
"Compte rendu" of her 1978-79 seminars in the Annuaire de l'Ecole Pratique
des Hautes Etudes, vol. 87:153-55. A peg-leg seems a stretch.


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On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, John Smith wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Dominique.Thillaud wrote:
>
> > Dear list members,
> >         For which reason Drupada has such a name? Could be he a lame (a
> > staff being the wooden leg)? More precisely, could be a link between
> > Pancalas and pangu? Are the people of Pancalas a people of smithes?
> > (smithes are frequently lame).
> >         In a same way, who is the God worshipped by smithes?
>
> I don't remember ever coming across any explanation of Drupada's name. But
> in fact drupada- doesn't seem to be used to mean "staff" or "wooden leg"
> -- apart from the Pancala king's name, the only meaning MW gives is
> pillar/sacrificial post, with some Vedic refs.
>
> John Smith
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