- Draupadi was the daughter of Hutasana (the god of fire) and the adopted daughter of Drupada.
- Draupadi was an incarnation of goddess Mahakali and her wrath burnt the entire Kaurava clan to ashes.
- Draupadi was a single incarnation of four goddesses, namely, Shyamala (wife of Dharma), Bharati (wife of Vayu), Sachi (wife of Indra) and Usha (wife of Ashwinis).
- Draupadi was an incarnation of goddess Shri who was the wife of five celestial Indras of five celestial realms. These five celestial Indras took birth in dwapar yuga as the five Pandavas, namely, Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva. Draupadi reunited with them in dwapar yuga.
- Lord Shiva blessed Draupadi with the boon of five husbands each having the five supreme qualities of justice, strength, valour, handsomeness and tolerance individually.
- Her actual name in Mahabharata was Yajnaseni, because she was born from the fire of the yajna (sacrifice) which Drupada performed to obtain a son who would be able to defeat his enemy Drona. Her brother Dhristadyumna emerged from the fire, followed by Yajnaseni herself. Dhristadyumna became the son of Drupada and Yajnaseni became the daughter of Drupada.
- Draupadi was extremely fond of playing with the bow and arrow. No wonder after her marriage with the five Pandava brothers, Arjuna became her favourite husband, and there was always a hidden warrior within Draupadi.
- Draupadi had a bowl which would always be filled with food. This bowl helped the Pandava brothers to survive during their period of exile. Goddess Lakshmi presented Draupadi this bowl before the start of the exile.
- Duhshasana, the second Kaurava brother, tried to disrobe Draupadi in front of the whole Kuru assembly, after the Pandavas had lost everything to Kauravas in a game of dice. Duhshasana dragged Draupadi by her hair and forcibly brought her in front of the Kuru assembly. Enraged, she took a vow that she won't tie her hair until she washed it with Duhshasana's blood. During the Kurukshetra war, Bhima killed Duhshasana and brought his blood to Draupadi. The daughter of Drupada bathed her hair with the blood and tied her hair once again like before.
- Draupadi represented these qualities. Even in the hardest of circumstances, she always stood with a raised head, with her honour held high. Draupadi was a patron of knowledge. As the empress of Indraprastha she played a crucial role in governance of her kingdom along with the five Pandava brothers.
- Draupadi is one of the five virgins. She is one of the five Panchakanyas, a group of five iconic heroines who owns virginity and has the ability to regain it. The five Panchakanyas are Ahalya, Draupadi, Kunti, Sita and Mandodari.
- Draupadi is the universal icon of feminism. She was the iconic heroine of dwapar yuga who took birth for the establishment of dharma. Along with deity pair Nara-Narayana (Arjuna and Lord Krishna respectively), she played a pivotal role for this purpose.
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