# बृहन्नला (bṛhannalā)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/brihannala

बृहन्नला (bṛhannalā) is a Sanskrit word meaning Arjuna.

- **SLP1:** `bfhannalA`  **IAST:** bṛhannalā  **Devanagari:** बृहन्नला
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brihannala
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/brihannala/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** बृहन्नल (bṛhannala)

## Meanings by context

### Other (2 definitions)
- the name assumed by Arjuna when residing at the palace of Virata  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > बृहन्नला (bṛhannalā) [Printed book page 511-24 ] बृहत् - नला (bṛhat-nalā) f. the name assumed by Arjuna when residing at the palace of Virāṭa. [ ID=26716.2 ]
- Arjuna  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > बृहन्नला (bṛhannalā) [Printed book page 167-2 ] Bṛhannalā = Arjuna, q.v. [ ID=1856 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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