द्रोण

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dráwnam (“wooden object”), from Proto-Indo-European *dréw-no-m, from *dóru (“tree; wood”). Cognate with Middle Persian (dlwn' /⁠drōn⁠/), Old Armenian տոռն (toṙn), Ancient Greek δροίτη (droítē, “tub, vat”), Old English trēġ, English tray, trough.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɾɐ́w.ɳɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɾoː.ɳɐ/

द्रोण • (dróṇa) stem, n

1. a wooden vessel, bucket, trough; a Soma vessel
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.44.20:

     आ ते वृषन्वृषणो द्रोणम्स्थुर्घृतप्रुषो नोर्मयो मदन्तः।
     इन्द्र प्र तुभ्यं वृषभिः सुतानां वृष्णे भरन्ति वृषभाय सोमम्॥

     ā te vṛṣanvṛṣaṇo droṇamsthurghṛtapruṣo normayo madantaḥ.
     indra pra tubhyaṃ vṛṣabhiḥ sutānāṃ vṛṣṇe bharanti vṛṣabhāya somam.

     Beside the vat, Strong God, stand thy strong Horses, shining with holy oil, like waves exulting.
     Indra, they bring to thee, the Strong and Mighty, Soma of juices shed by mighty press-stones.

• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਦੋਣਾ (doṇā)
• Pali: doṇa
  • → South Dravidian: *donnay
    • Kannada: ದೊನ್ನೆ (donne)
    • Tamil: தொன்னை (toṉṉai)
• Sauraseni Prakrit:
  • Hindi: दोना (donā, “leaf cup”)
  • Nepali: दुनु (dunu, “leaf plate”)
• → Kannada: ದ್ರೋಣ (drōṇa)

द्रोण • (dróṇa) stem, 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

द्रोण • (dróṇa) stem, 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)

• दार्व् (dārv, “wooden”)
• दर्वि (dárvi, “ladle”)
• द्रुम (druma, “tree”)