yajnaseni mahabharat ke pramukh patroan mean se ek draupadi ka hi any nam tha, jo ki raja drupad ki putri thi.
- paanchal naresh drupad ne santan prapti hetu 'yaj' aur 'upayaj' nam ke brahm-rrishiyoan se shrotagni yajn karaya. yajnavadhi poorn hone par is yajn ki agni se ek bhimakriti kavachadhari, dhanush-ban dharan kie dev sadrish kumar utpann hua, jisaka nam dhrishtadyumn rakha gaya.
- yajnagni se dhrishtadyumn ke prakat hone ke pashchat yajn vedi se ek shyamaangi kumari pragat huee aur usake pragat hone par akashavani huee ki- "yah kanya kaurav kul ke nash ka karan banegi." paanchal desh ki tatha drupad ki kanya hone ke karan yah 'paanchali', 'yajnaseni' evan 'draupadi' nam se prakhyat huee.[1]