Krishna (disambiguation)
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Krishna is a Hindu deity closely associated with Vishnu.
Certain other religious figures within Hinduism are also sometimes called Krishna. These include (with added phonetic spellings);
- Vyasa - Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (the dark one born on an island)
- Draupadi - Kṛṣṇā Pānchali (the dark one the princess of Panchala, feminine form)
- Arjuna - he is called Kṛṣṇa in one instance toward the end of his life
- Durga - she is called Kṛṣṇā in the Virataparva (feminine form).
Books named Krishna
- Krishna Yajurveda (Black Yajurveda) - one of the two samhitas (collections) of Yajurveda, Hindu religious text.
Organizations named Krishna
- The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (popularly called the Hare Krishnas), is a Gaudiya Vaishnava religious movement.
- Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mission, a Gaudiya Vaishnava religious movement named after Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
Geographical Locations named Krishna
- Krishna River that flows through Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh (this should correctly be Kṛṣṇā, in feminine form)
- Krishna District, a district of Andhra Pradesh, named after Krishna River.
Fictional places named Krishna
- In L. Sprague de Camp's Viagens Interplanetarias science fiction stories, Krishna is an extrasolar planet, the setting for a series of sword and planet adventures.
People named Krishna
- Lal Krishna Advani is an Indian politician, the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Leader of the Opposition in the 14th Lok Sabha.
- Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya, a Hindu philosopher at Calcutta University.
- Superstar Krishna, A popular and legendary telugu film actor.
- Krishna Menon (1897 - 1974), Indian Defence Minister during the Sino-Indian War.
- Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna is a politician from Karnataka, former Chief Minister of Karnataka and current Governor of Maharashtra.
- Khrishna Bhanji is the birth name of actor Sir Ben Kingsley
- Krishnamurti Jiddu was a modern indian sage and philosopher.
Films and other media
- Krishna (film), a 1996 Bollywood film starring Sunil Shetty and Karisma Kapoor
Other
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