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Arjuna

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Ar·ju·na  (ärj-n, -j-)
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.
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Noun1.Arjuna - (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
Hindooism, Hinduism - a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils
mythology - myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person


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28) Arjuna Ranawana, "A crackdown on dissent: the Malaysian government targets web critics," Asiaweek, 15 March 2001, available online at <http://www.
In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna can in an instant show his human pupil, Arjuna, his divine form.
Krishna counsels Arjuna to fix his attention upon the Lord Krishna, (31) for "the Lord abides in the heart of all things," and this is "the most secret wisdom.
 
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