द्रोण

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dréwh₂-no-m, from *dóru (“tree; wood”). Cognate with Old Armenian տոռն (toṙn), Ancient Greek δρουίτη (drouítē, “tub, vat”), English tray.

Pronunciation

Noun

द्रोण • (dróṇa) n

  1. a wooden vessel, bucket, trough
  2. a Soma vessel

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of द्रोण
Nom. sg. द्रोणम् (droṇam)
Gen. sg. द्रोणस्य (droṇasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative द्रोणम् (droṇam) द्रोणे (droṇe) द्रोणानि (droṇāni)
Vocative द्रोण (droṇa) द्रोणे (droṇe) द्रोणानि (droṇāni)
Accusative द्रोणम् (droṇam) द्रोणे (droṇe) द्रोणानि (droṇāni)
Instrumental द्रोणेन (droṇena) द्रोणाभ्याम् (droṇābhyām) द्रोणैः (droṇaiḥ)
Dative द्रोणाय (droṇāya) द्रोणाभ्याम् (droṇābhyām) द्रोणेभ्यः (droṇebhyaḥ)
Ablative द्रोणात् (droṇāt) द्रोणाभ्याम् (droṇābhyām) द्रोणेभ्यः (droṇebhyaḥ)
Genitive द्रोणस्य (droṇasya) द्रोणयोः (droṇayoḥ) द्रोणानाम् (droṇānām)
Locative द्रोणे (droṇe) द्रोणयोः (droṇayoḥ) द्रोणेषु (droṇeṣu)

Noun

द्रोण • (droṇa) m

  1. a lake or large piece of water of 400 poles length.
  2. a kind of cloud (from which the rain streams forth as from a bucket)
  3. a raven or crow
  4. a scorpion
  5. a kind of plant

Proper noun

द्रोण • (droṇa) m

  1. Name of one of the 8 Vasus (husband of Abhimati and father of Harsha, Shoka, Bhaya)
  2. Name of a Brahman said to have been generated by Bharadwaja in a bucket (the military preceptor of both the Kuru and Pandu princes ; afterwards king of a part of Panchala and general of the Kurus, the husband of Kripi and father of Ashvatthama)
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