Krishna (disambiguation)

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Krishna is a Sanskrit word (कृष्ण, kṛṣṇa) that means 'black' or 'dark blue'. It may refer to:

• Krishna, Hindu deity.
• Krishna Janmashtami Hindu festival.

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, कृष्णा, Krishnaa (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

• Krishna Yajurveda (Black Yajurveda), one of the two samhitas (collections) of Yajurveda, Hindu religious text.
• Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, also known as Kṛṣṇa book

Organizations

• The Krishnas, International Society for Krishna Consciousness (popularly called the "Hare Krishnas"), a Gaudiya Vaishnava religious movement

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
• Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary, a wildlife refuge in Andhra Pradesh

Fictional places

• Krishna, an extrasolar planet in L. Sprague de Camp's Viagens Interplanetarias science fiction stories

People

• Krishna I (756 - 774), was the King of Rashtrakuta dynasty of India after Dantidurga.
• Krishna II (878 - 914), was the King of Rashtrakuta dynasty of India after Amoghavarsha I.
• Krishna III (939 – 967), was the King of Rashtrakuta dynasty of India after Amoghavarsha III.
• Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986), Indian philosopher.
• Krishna (actor), Telugu film actor
• Krishna Beura, Indian Playback Singer.
• Krishna Bhagavaan, Telugu film actor
• Krishna Bhanji, the birth name of actor Sir Ben Kingsley
• Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya, Hindu philosopher at Calcutta University
• Krishna Deva Raya (1509–1529 CE), famed emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire.
• Krishna Kumar, Tamil and Malayalam film actor
• Krishna Kumari (actress), popular Indian Telugu film actress
• Krishna Menon (1897–1974), Indian Defence Minister during the Sino-Indian War
• Krishna Rao (disambiguation), one of the Indian names.
• Krishna Sekhar, Tamil film actor
• Krishna Vamsi, Telugu film director
• Lal Krishna Advani, Indian politician, Former President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Leader of the Opposition in the 14th Lok Sabha
• Lawrence Krishna Parker, aka KRS-One, American hip hop artist
• N. Krishna, Tamil film director
• S M Krishna, politician from Karnataka, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, former Governor of Maharashtra and current External Affairs Minister of India
• Tottempudi Krishna, Telugu film director

Films and other media

• Krishna (1996 film), a 1996 Bollywood film starring Sunil Shetty and Karisma Kapoor
• Krishna (2006 film), a 2006 computer-animated feature, the first one in Hindi
• Krishna (2007 film), a 2007 Kannada film starring Ganesh and Pooja Gandhi
• Krishna (2008 film), a 2008 Telugu film starring Ravi Teja and Trisha Krishnan
• Shri Krishnavataram, a 1967 Telugu film

Other

• USS Krishna (ARL-38)
• Krishnaiah or Krishnayya, is one of the Indian names.

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