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.

Alternative forms

Translations

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.

Balinese

Romanization

Arjuna

  1. Romanization of ᬅᬃᬚᬸᬦ

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦄꦂꦗꦸꦤ (Arjuna), from Sanskrit अर्जुन (arjuna).

Proper noun

Arjuna

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

Javanese

Romanization

Arjuna

  1. Romanization of ꦄꦂꦗꦸꦤ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अर्जुन (arjuna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ar.d͡ʒu.na/
  • Rhymes: -na
  • Hyphenation: Ar‧ju‧na

Proper noun

Arjuna

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

Descendants

Further reading

  • "Arjuna" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

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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