Krishna (disambiguation)

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Krishna is a Sanskrit word (कृष्ण, 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, 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

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

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

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

Krishna I (756–774), the King of Rashtrakuta dynasty of India after Dantidurga
Krishna II (878–914), the King of Rashtrakuta dynasty of India after Amoghavarsha I
Krishna III (939–967), 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), famed emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire
Krishna Kumar (actor), 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 Savjani (born 1947), Malawian lawyer
Krishna Sekhar, Tamil film actor
Krishna Vamsi, Telugu film director
Lal Krishna Advani, Indian politician
Lawrence Krishna Parker, aka KRS-One, American hip hop artist
N. Krishna, Tamil film director
S M Krishna, politician from Karnataka
Tottempudi Krishna, Telugu film director

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
Krishna, the Malayalam-dubbed version of the 2008 Telugu film Parugu
Krishna (film series)