MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Dropadi mean?
Draupadi, the Mahabharata heroine, supplies the literary identity of Dropadi. The Sanskrit patronymic identifies her as Drupada's daughter. The Pandavas are the five brothers who share her marriage in the epic narrative.
Pronunciation
IAST: dropadī
Meaning themes
mahabharata
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
द्रोपदी
Letter-by-letter: dropadī
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Dropadi in Indian usage
57,294 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 57,058 records (99.6%).
- Recorded as male: 236 records (0.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 2,366 |
| 1940s | 5,886 |
| 1950s | 9,540 |
| 1960s | 14,930 |
| 1970s | 11,884 |
| 1980s | 8,046 |
| 1990s | 4,078 |
| Other decades | 564 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 16,742 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 16,065 |
| Rajasthan | 8,515 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 7,469 |
| Jharkhand | 6,047 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,028 |
| Haryana | 589 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 264 |
| Tripura | 199 |
| Assam | 197 |
| Other states | 179 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001