Arjuna
Mythological Narrative
Third of the five Pandava brothers and the Mahabharata's greatest archer, whose crisis of conscience on the battlefield of Kurukshetra prompts the god Krishna's teaching, the Bhagavad Gita.
Academic Discussion & Critique
Exchange peer-reviewed hypotheses, comparative Indo-European etymologies, and archaeological field interpretations regarding Arjuna.
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