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ARJUNA

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 548 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARJUNA , in See also:

Hindu See also:mythology, a semi-divine See also:hero of the Mahabharata. He was the third son of Pandu, son of See also:Indra. His See also:character as sketched in the See also:great epic is of the noblest See also:kind. He is the central figure of that portion of the epic known as the Bhagwad-gita, where he is represented as horrified at the impending slaughter of a See also:battle and as being comforted by See also:Krishna.

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