Overview
central character of Indian epic MahabharataWikidata record description. Read Arjuna in the Wikipedia reader.
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Family tree
As the myths and records give it. Versions differ from source to source.
The family as a list · 18
Kinship in an account 15
- child of (child) Indra Vedic god of rain, weather, storms, and thunder in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Eastern religions
- child of (child) Kuntī character from Indian epic Mahabharata
- child of (child) Pāṇḍu father of the Pandavas in the epic Mahabharata
- parent of (father) Abhimanyu tragic hero of the Indian epic Mahabharata
- parent of (child) Babhruvāhana Son of Arjuna
- parent of (child) Irāvān minor character from the Hindu epic Mahabharata
- partner of (spouse) Chitrangada 3rd wife of Pandava prince Arjuna's in epic Mahabharata
- partner of (spouse) Draupadī main female character in the Hindu epic Mahabharata
- partner of (spouse) Subhadrā character from Indian epic Mahabharata
- partner of (spouse) Ulūpī a character in the Hindu epic Mahabharata
- sibling of Bhīma Great Kshatriya(Rajput) warrior of Mahabharata
- sibling of Karṇa character of epic Mahabharata; son of Surya and Kunti
- sibling of Nakula character of Indian epic Mahabharata
- sibling of Sahadeva character of Indian epic Mahabharata
- sibling of Yudhiṣṭhira character from Indian epic Mahabharata
Family 3
Teachers and students
Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.
Studied under 1
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