Brought as tribute heaps of gold measured in Dronas (jars) and raised from underneath the earth by ants, and therefore called after the ants.
तद् वै पिपीलिकं नाम उद्धृतं यत् पिपीलिकैः। जातरूपं द्रोणमेयमहायुः पुञ्जशो नृपाः॥