Krishna (disambiguation)

Krishna is a Hindu deity.

Krishna may also refer to:

Hinduism

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

• 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

• Krishnaveni (disambiguation) or Krishna River
  • 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

• 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
• Shri Krishna (1993 TV series), a TV series produced by Ramanand Sagar, Anand Sagar, and Moti Sagar

People

• Kṛṣṇa Daivajña, a 16th-17th century astrologer-astronomer-mathematician
• 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 (1932–2024), politician from Karnataka
• Krishna (politician) (1941–2021), 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
• Krishna Prasad Bhattarai , 29th Prime Minister of Nepal , also called Kisoonji
• Shree Krishna Shrestha , Nepali super star

Other

• 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)
• Krishna, a 1971 horror novel by Indian writer Narayan Dharap

See also

• Krsna (disambiguation)
• Krish (disambiguation)
• Krishnaiah (disambiguation)
• Krishnayya (disambiguation)
• Krishnappa (disambiguation)
• Kishan (disambiguation)
• Kanha (disambiguation)
• Black God (disambiguation)
• Shyam (disambiguation)
• Shyama (disambiguation)
• Krushna, an Indian name, alternative spelling of Krishna