Krishna (disambiguation)

Krishna is a Hindu deity.

Krishna may also refer to:

Hinduism[edit]

The name comes from a Sanskrit word (कृष्ण, kṛṣṇa) that means 'black' or 'dark blue'. 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)
Krishnaism

Related[edit]

Krishna Janmashtami, a Hindu festival.
Krishna Yajurveda (Black Yajurveda), one of the two samhitas (collections) of Yajurveda, Hindu religious text
Krishna, 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
- Hare Krishna (mantra), a 16-word Vaishnava mantra brought to international attention by the Society

Geography[edit]

Krishna River, a river in the Deccan plateau of India
Krishna district, a district of Andhra Pradesh, named after Krishna River
Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary, a wildlife refuge in Andhra Pradesh
Godavari-Krishna mangroves, a mangrove ecosystem formed by the delta of river Krishna
Krishnanagar, Nadia, a city in West Bengal

Film and TV[edit]

Krishna (TV series), a TV series produced by Ramanand Sagar, Anand Sagar, and Moti Sagar
Krishna (1996 Hindi film), a 1996 Hindi film starring Sunil Shetty and Karishma Kapoor
Krishna (1996 Tamil film), a 1996 Tamil language film directed by Raja Krishnamoorthy
Krishna (2006 film), a 2006 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

People[edit]

Krishna (Satavahana dynasty), c. 1st century BCE king of Deccan region in India
Krishna I (756–774), king of the Rashtrakuta Empire of India after Dantidurga
Krishna II (878–914), king of the Rashtrakuta Empire of India after Amoghavarsha I
Krishna III (939–967), King of the Rashtrakuta Empire of India after Amoghavarsha III
Krishna of Devagiri ( c. 1246–1261), Yadava king of India
Lal Krishna Advani, Indian politician
S. M. Krishna, politician from Karnataka
Krishna (politician), politician from Karnataka
Krishna (Kannada actor), Kannada film actor
Krishna (Malayalam actor), Malayalam film actor
Krishna (Tamil actor), Tamil film actor
Krishna (Telugu actor) , Indian Telugu film actor
Krishna (TV actor) (born 1982), Indian film and television actor
Krishna (director), Krishnan K.T. Nagarajan, Indian director of Tamil films
Krishna Beuraa, Indian playback singer
Krishna Bhagavaan, Indian 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), emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire
Krishna Foster (born 1970), American environmental chemist
Krishna Kumar (actor), Tamil and Malayalam film actor
Krishna Kumari (actress) (1933–2018), Indian Telugu film actress
Krishna Menon (1897–1974), Indian Defence Minister during the Sino-Indian War
Prasidh Krishna, Indian cricketer
Krishna Rao (disambiguation)
Krishna Savjani (born 1947), Malawian lawyer
Krishna Sekhar, Tamil film actor
Krishna Vamsi, Indian Telugu film director
Krishna Rani (born 2001), Bangladeshi footballer
Roy Krishna, Fijian professional footballer
Tottempudi Krishna , Indian Telugu film director
KRSNA (rapper) (Krishna Kaul), Indian rapper known as KR$NA
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986), Indian philosopher

Other[edit]

Krishna Express, a train of the Indian South Central Railway
Krishna Patrika, a Telugu language newspaper
Krishna University, a university in Machilipatnam, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India
USS Krishna (ARL-38)