Arjuna

See also: arjuna

English
Arjuna statue in Bali

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit अर्जुन (arjuna).

Proper noun

Arjuna (countable and uncountable, plural Arjunas)

  1. A male given name from Sanskrit, popular in South Asia.
  2. A major character of the Mahabharata, a Sanskrit epic.

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See also

References
  1. Puranic Encyclopedia: a comprehensive dictionary with special reference to the epic and Puranic literature, Vettam Mani, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1975, pp. 48-54.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese Arjuna, from Sanskrit अर्जुन (arjuna).

Proper noun

Arjuna

  1. a male given name from Javanese

Portuguese

Proper noun

Arjuna m

  1. (Hinduism) Arjuna (hero of the Mahabharata)

Tocharian B

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अर्जुन (arjuna).

Proper noun

Arjuna

  1. a male given name (Arjuna, hero of the Mahabharata)

Further reading

Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “Arcune”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 25

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