The play takes its name from the period of five nights referred in the plot.
Drona cleverly demanded half of the land for the Pandavas.
Duryadhona agreed but on one condition that he would provide him with the whereabouts about the pandavas within five nights.
Drona agreed and was successful and hence half of the kingdom was handed to the pandavas.
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