Sanskrit

Noun

द्रोण • ‎(droṇa) n

1. a wooden vessel, bucket, trough &c. ; a सोम vessel ([cf. Zd. draona]) RV. MBh. &c. (ifc. f( आ). Hcat.)

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) L. (cf. -मेघ and -वृष्टि below)
3. a raven or crow. (cf. -काक)
4. a scorpion (cf. द्रुण)
5. a kind of plant (prob. Leucas Linifolia) L.

Proper noun

द्रोण • ‎(droṇa) m

1. N. of one of the 8 वसुs (husband of अभिमति and father of हर्ष, शोक, भय &c.) BhP.
2. N. of a Brahman said to have been generated by भरद्-वाज in a bucket (the military preceptor of both the कुरु and पण्डु princes ; afterwards king of a part of पञ्चाल and general of the कुरुs, the husband of कृपी and father of अश्वत्थामन्) MBh. Hariv. Pur. &c.