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Sound
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name
A male given name from Sanskrit, popular in South Asia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A major character of the Mahabharata, a Sanskrit epic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A tree native to India and used in ayurvedic medicine, Terminalia arjuna.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: kumbuk
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noun
(Hindu mythology) the warrior prince in the Bhagavad-Gita to whom Krishna explains the nature of being and of God and how humans can come to know God
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: mythical being
History
Borrowed from Sanskrit अर्जुन (arjuna).
From Sanskrit अर्जुन (arjuna).
Across languages
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
