Kalmar "Arjuna" suna daidai ce kuma ta samo asali daga Sanskrit, wani tsohon harshen Indiya. A cikin tatsuniyar Hindu, Arjuna yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan haruffa a cikin almara Mahabharata.A matsayin suna, ana fassara Arjuna a matsayin "mai haske," "haske," ko "azurfa," kuma wani lokaci ana danganta shi da shi. ra'ayin tsabta ko tsabta. Har ila yau, a wasu lokuta ana fassara sunan da "wanda ba ya shakka," yana nufin bajintar Arjuna da jajircewarsa a fagen fama.