Krishna (disambiguation)
Krishna is a Sanskrit word (kṛṣṇa) that means 'black' or 'dark blue'. It may refer to:
Certain other figures within Hinduism also have names transliterated as 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
Organizations
Geographical locations
- Krishna River that flows through Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh (this should correctly be Kṛṣṇā, in feminine form)
- Krishna District, district of Andhra Pradesh, named after Krishna River
Fictional places
People
- Krishna Deva Raya (1509–1529 CE), famed emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire.
- Lal Krishna Advani, Indian politician, Former President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Leader of the Opposition in the 14th Lok Sabha
- Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya, Hindu philosopher at Calcutta University
- Krishna Menon (1897–1974), Indian Defence Minister during the Sino-Indian War
- S M Krishna, politician from Karnataka, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, former Governor of Maharashtra and current External Affairs Minister of India
- Krishna Bhanji, the birth name of actor Sir Ben Kingsley
- Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986), Indian philosopher.
- Lawrence Krishna Parker, aka KRS-One, American hip hop artist
- Krishna (actor), popular and legendary Telugu film actor
- N. Krishna, Tamil film director
- Krishna Sekhar, Tamil film actor
- Krishna Kumar, Tamil and Malayalam film actor
- Krishna Bhagavaan, Telugu film actor
- Krishna Vamsi, Telugu film director
- Tottempudi Krishna, Telugu film director
- Krishna Rao (disambiguation), one of the Indian names.
- Krishna Beura, Indian Playback Singer.
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