Arjun
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This article is about the Indian given name. For the town in Syria, see Arjoun. For the village in Iran, see Arjun, Iran. For the tree, see Terminalia arjuna.
| Arjun | |
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| Gender | Male |
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| Word/Name | South Asia (especially India, Srilanka and Malaysia) |
| Meaning | The word Arjun means "bright" and "shining." |
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Arjun (pronounced [ɐrˈɟun]) is a first name of a male, based on Arjuna, a legendary hero who is considered as the greatest archer ever, after Parasurama,Sri Rama,Bhishma, Karna and a central character in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. See Arjuna
It also refers to: Kartavirya Arjuna, a king killed by Parshurama.
Films and television
- Films
- Arjun (1985 film), a 1985 Hindi film starring Sunny Deol
- Arjun (2004 film), a 2004 Telugu film starring Mahesh Babu
- Arjun: The Warrior Prince, an animated film by UTV Motion Pictures being released in 2012
- Arjun (2011 film), a 2011 Marathi film starring Sachit Patil
- Television
- Earth Maiden Arjuna, a 2001 anime television series
- Arjun (TV series), a 2012 Indian crime based television series
People
- Arjun (Mahabharat actor), actor, born as Firoz Khan, who played the role of Arjuna in B.R. Chopra's TV series Mahabharat
- Arjun (singer), (real name Arjun Coomaraswamy), British-Sri Lankan singer-songwriter, and producer known by his mononym Arjun
- Arjun Munda, chief minister of the Indian state of Jharkhand
- Arjun Appadurai, a contemporary social theorist
- Arjun Atwal, professional golfer
- Arjun Bijlani, television actor and model
- Arjun Janya Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer, mainly scoring music for Kannada films. Previously just mononym Arjun
- Arjun Rampal, fashion model and movie actor
- Arjun Sarja, actor from south India, who works predominantly in Tamil films.
- Arjuna Ranatunga, former Sri Lankan cricketer, now a politician.
- Allu Arjun, Indian actor of Telugu films
- Arjuna, important character in Mahabharat
Other uses
- Arjun (tank), Indian main battle tank
- Terminalia arjuna, a species of tree in the genus Terminalia: medicinals - Arjuna
- Arjuna Award, a national sports award in India
- Arjuna-type asteroids are a class of Near-Earth asteroids whose orbits are very Earth-like.
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