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Arjuni
16 December 2012, 01:34 PM
Namasté, all.

This is just a quick note that I have changed my handle here, from Indraneela to Arjunī. The latter is my Hindu (first) name and the name I use everywhere else online - but most importantly, anyone using the HDF search function to look up "Indra" will no longer have to sift through a long list of my posts to find relevant information. :)

Arjunesh
16 December 2012, 03:54 PM
Namaste Arjuni,
now yr name is close to mine. But I just created it for this forum.
Have a nice day
Arjunesh

charitra
16 December 2012, 07:45 PM
namaste arjuni
interesting screen namejust, i am wondering what are all the synonyms to the new name, has it got anything to do with arjuna.
We are going to miss Indraneela, i guess:)

ShivaFan
16 December 2012, 09:37 PM
Namaste Arjuni

Well! Welcome aboard under you new handle! I l00ked up your name, and this is what I found (see below). And all this time I thought you were a boy! It seems you are a girl? Ha ha on me!

Om Namah Sivaya

Origin and Meaning of the Name Arjuni

http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/images/icons/comment_edit.gif (http://www.parentsconnect.com/connect/boards/hot_topics/ask-a-name-pro/chat_it_up.jhtml)Debate this name info (http://www.parentsconnect.com/connect/boards/hot_topics/ask-a-name-pro/chat_it_up.jhtml)
Gender:

Girl




Origin:
Sanskrit (http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/sanskrit_names.html)
Meaning:
White; clear
Pronunciation:
(uhr ju nee)

Arjuni
16 December 2012, 09:39 PM
Namasté,

Arjunesh: It is a good name to choose! Of course, I am a little biased...

Charitra: While the word arjunī appears in the Veda Saṁhitā and Brāhmaṇa texts also, the answer to your question -

has it got anything to do with arjuna

is yes, by way of the Padma Purāṇa, in which Arjuna transforms into the gopi Arjunī. You can read a long but very beautiful explanation of the story here (http://innertraditions.blogspot.ca/2011/03/arjuna-becomes-woman-transgender-tale_19.html), if you're interested.

ShivaFan: Yes, I am a woman. But it seems fitting to have a name that appears in a story of gender transformation, as you are certainly not the first person to mistake me for a man!
I can't remember the source now, but a while back I read a beautiful explanation of arjuna sigifying the bright, clear light of a receptive mind, and how Arjuna himself is able to receive the Supreme Truth because of this state of clarity, openness, and surrender. :)