n. Hinduism The warrior prince in the Bhagavad-Gita to whom Krishna expounds the nature of being, the nature of God, and the way humans can come to know God. [Sanskrit Arjunaḥ, from arjuna-, bright, white, silvery; see arg- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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