Popular Names of Krishna with their Meanings
KrishnaKrishna is a deity worshipped across many traditions in Hinduism in a variety of perspectives...
has been given many
names and titles by his devotees.
- Achala - The still one
- Achyuta - Infallible
- Baanke Bihari -corrupt form of Van Ke Vihari which means one who loves to sport in the forests particularly vrindavan
- Bihari - One who plays
- Brajesh
Brajesh literally means king of Braj, a place in the forest near today's Agra where Lord Krishna spent his childhood. Krishna is credited with teaching India to venerate the cow. All the place-names in the area where he grew up relate to the cow. Brajesh is one of the many names of Krishna.-Name...
- Lord of Braja
- Chakradhari - the bearer of a discus (chakra)
- Damodara
Damodar is the 367th name of Vishnu from the Vishnu sahasranama. The various meanings of the name are given as follows:...
(Daamodarah) - the Lord when He was tied with a cord (daama) round His waist (udara)
- Dinabandu - Friend of the afflicted
- Dînânâth - Refuge of destitutes
- Dwarakadish - Lord of Dwaraka
- Dwarakanath - Lord of Dwaraka
- Ghanshyam - Dark rain cloud complexioned one
- Giridhari - he who lifted a hill (Govardhana hill)
- Gopala - cowherd; protector of cows (more accurately protector of life)
- Gopinath - Lord of the gopis, or cowherd women.
- Govinda
' and ' are names of Krishna, referring to his youthful occupation as a cowherd.Both names translate to "cowherd". Sanskrit go means "cow"; pāla and vinda form tatpurusha compounds, literally translating to "finder of cows" and "protector of cows", respectively.The story of how Krishna was given...
- protector of cows; also connected with Govardhana Hill; see also other meanings.
- Guruvayoorappan
Guruvayurappan Guruvayurappan Guruvayurappan (Malayalam: , (transliterated guruvāyūrappan), also often written Guruvayoorappan, is a form of Vishnu worshipped and held in reverence by Hindus, predominantly in South India. This is located in the town of Guruvayur, Kerala, India...
- Lord of the temple Guruvayoor, constructed by the Guru of Devas Brihaspati and Vayu .
- Hari
In Hinduism, Hari is another name of and , and appears as the 650th name in the Vishnu sahasranama of Mahabharata. In Sanskrit "Hari" sometimes refers to a colour, yellow, or fawn-coloured/khaki ....
- one who takes away [sins, or who wards off samsara, the cycle of birth and death]; the yellow one (the colour of the sun); Hare KrishnaThe Hare Krishna mantra, also referred to reverentially as the Maha Mantra , is a sixteen-word Vaishnava mantra which first appears in the Kali-Santarana Upanishad, and which from the 16th century rises to importance in the Bhakti movement following the teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.According...
is the vocative, viz. "o golden one! o dark-blue one"; see other meanings.
- Ishvara
Ishvara is a philosophical concept in Hinduism, meaning controller or the Supreme controller in a monotheistic sense or as an Ishta-deva of monistic thought....
- godGod is a deity in theistic and deistic religions and other belief systems, representing either the sole deity in monotheism, or a principal deity in polytheism....
- Hrshikesha - is a name of Vishnu that means 'lord of the senses'.
- Jagannatha - lord of all places (see also Juggernaut
A juggernaut is a term used to describe a literal or metaphorical force regarded as unstoppable. It is often applied to a large machine or collectively to a team or group of people working together, and often bears association with crushing or being physically destructive.-Etymology:The word is...
).
- Janardhana - One Who Bestows Boons On One And All
- Kahan
- Kaladev - the black deity
- Kanha or Kanhaiya
- Keshava
Keshava is a name of Krishna from within Hindu tradition. . Keshava appears as the 23rd and 648th names in the Vishnu sahasranama. Lord Keshava is venerated by those persons wanting to avert bad luck, or ill omens...
– long haired, beautiful haired; see also other meanings.
- Madhava
Madhava is another name for Vishnu or Krishna and appears as the 72nd, 167th and 735th names in the Vishnu sahasranama.From the Bhagavad Gita it is understood to refer to Vishnu being the husband of the goddess of fortune...
- bringer of springtime; see other meanings
- Madhusudanah
Madhusudanah is another name of Vishnu or God and is the 73rd name in the Vishnu sahasranama.According to Adi Sankara' s commentary on the Vishnu sahasranama, Madusudanah means the destroyer of the demon Madhu.-References:...
- killer of demon Madhu
- Morari - killer of the asura
-In Hinduism:In Hinduism, the Asura are a group of power-seeking deities, sometimes referred to as demons or sinful. They were opposed to the Devas. Both groups are children of Kasyapa. The views of Asuras in Hinduism vary due to the many deities who were Asuras then later became known as Devas...
named Mora-Places:*Mora, Cameroon*Mora Canton, Costa Rica*Mora, Cyprus*Mora, Ethiopia - a former kingdom or province in what is now Ethiopia*Mora, Maharashtra - a village near Mumbai, India.*Mora, Portugal - a municipality in the Évora district...
- Mukhilan- The one with the complexion similar to the rain clouds
- Mukund- He who gives you Mukti
- Nanda Gopal
- Nanda Lal - Beloved of Nanda
- Panduranga
Vithoba , also known as Vitthala and Panduranga , is a Hindu god, worshipped predominantly in the Indian states of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. He is generally considered a manifestation of the Hindu god Vishnu or his avatar Krishna or, occasionally, his avatar the Buddha. He is...
- Parambrahman the highest Brahman
In the Hindu religion, Brahman is the unchanging, infinite, immanent, and transcendent reality which is the Divine Ground of all matter, energy, time, space, being, and everything beyond in this Universe. The nature of Brahman is described as transpersonal, personal and impersonal by different...
- Parameshvara
Vatasseri Parameshvara was a major Indian mathematician of Madhava of Sangamagrama's Kerala school, as well as an astronomer and astrologer. He presented a series form of the sine function that is equivalent to its Taylor series expansion.- Birth :Paramesvara was born into a Hindu family who were...
the highest IshvaraIshvara is a philosophical concept in Hinduism, meaning controller or the Supreme controller in a monotheistic sense or as an Ishta-deva of monistic thought....
, the highest godGod is a deity in theistic and deistic religions and other belief systems, representing either the sole deity in monotheism, or a principal deity in polytheism....
- Partha sarathy
Sarathy is an epithet of Krishna in the Mahabharata, a Hindu mythological epic...
- charioteer, a reference to his role with regard to Arjuna in the great battle
- Patitapavana - Purifier of the fallen
- Radha Vallabha - lover of Radha
Radha is the principal devotee of Krishna in the Bhagavata Purana, and the Gita Govinda of the Hindu religion. Radha is almost always depicted alongside Krishna and features prominently within the theology of today's Gaudiya Vaishnava religion, which regards Radha as the original Goddess or Shakti...
- Ranchhodrai - When he refused to fight the war and fled to Dwarka
Dwarka , also spelled Dvarka, Dwaraka, and Dvaraka, is a city and a municipality located in the Jamnagar district of Gujarat state in India. Dwarka , also known as Dwarawati in Sanskrit literature is rated as one of the seven most ancient cities in the country...
for the sake of peace. DakorDakor is a city and a municipality in Kheda district in the state of Gujarat, India. It is prominent for its grand temple of Shree Krishna in the entire province of Gujarat.-History:...
, GujaratGujarat is the westernmost state in India. It is home to the Gujarati speaking people of India. The state encompasses major sites of the Indus Valley Civilization such as Lothal and Dholavira. Gujarat played an important role in the economic history of India throughout the history of India...
has a popular temple of Ranchhodraiji. Ran - Field, Chhod - leave.
- Shyam
Shyam may refer to:*a name of Krishna*Shyam *Shyam...
asundara - the beautiful, dark one
- Vāsudeva
In Hindu mythology, Vasudeva is the father of Krishna, the son of , of the Yadav and Vrishni dynasties. His sister Kunti was married to Pandu...
, Krishna Vaasudeva - son of Vasudeva
- Yadhunandan - Son of the Yadu dynasty
- Yogeshwara - the Lord of the Yogis
- Yashoda Nandan – child of Yashoda
108 names and titles from the Gaudiya VaishnavismGaudiya Vaishnavism is a Vaishnava religious movement founded by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in India in the 16th century. "Gaudiya" refers to with Vaishnavism meaning the worship of Vishnu...
tradition
- Achala - Still Lord
- Achyuta - Infallible Lord
- Adbhutah - Wonderful God
- Adidev - The Lord Of The Lords
- Aditya - The Son Of Aditi
- Ajanma - One Who Is Limitless And Endless
- Ajaya - The Conqueror Of Life And Death
- Akshara - Indestructible Lord
- Amrit - Heavenly nectar or elixir
- Anandsagar - Compassionate Lord
- Ananta - The Endless Lord
- Anantajit - Ever Victorious Lord
- Anaya - One Who Has No Leader
- Aniruddha - One Who Cannot Be Obstructed
- Aparajeet - The Lord Who Cannot Be Defeated
- Avyukta - One Who Is As Clear As Crystal
- Balgopal - The Child Krishna, The All Attractive
- Balkrishna- The Child Krishna
- Chaturbhuj - Four-Armed Lord
- Danavendra - Granter Of Boons
- Dayalu - Repository Of Compassion
- Dayanidhi - The Compassionate Lord
- Devadidev - The God Of The Gods
- Devakinandan - Son Of Mother Devaki
- Devesh - Lord Of The Lords
- Dharmadhyaksha - The Lord OF Dharma
- Dravin - The one who has no Enemies
- Dwarkapati - Lord Of Dwarka
- Gopal - One Who Plays With The Cowherds, The Gopas
- Gopalpriya - Lover Of Cowherds
- Govinda - One Who Pleases The Cows, The Land And The Entire Nature
- Gyaneshwar - The Lord Of Knowledge
- Hari - The Lord Of Nature
- Hiranyagarbha
Hiranyagarbha is the source of the creation of the Universe or the manifested cosmos in Indian philosophy , it finds mention in one hymn of the Rigveda , known as the Hiranyagarbha sukta and presents an important glimpse of the emerging monism, or even monotheism, in the later Vedic period,...
- The All Powerful Creator
- Hrishikesh - The Lord Of All Senses
- Jagadguru - Preceptor Of The Universe
- Jagadisha - Protector Of All
- Jagannath
Jagannath is a Hindu deity, a form of Vishnu. The oldest and most famous Jagannath deity is in the city of Puri, in Orissa, India where each year the famous Rath Yatra festival takes place. Jagannath is worshipped by Hindus all over India...
- Lord Of The Universe
- Janardhana - One Who Bestows Boons On One And All
- Jayantah - Conqueror Of All Enemies
- Jyotiraaditya - The Resplendence Of The Sun
- Kamalnath - The Lord Of Goddess Lakshmi
- Kamalnayan - The Lord With Lotus Shaped Eyes
- Kamsantak - Slayer Of Kamsa
In Hinduism, Kamsa or Kansa , often known as Kans in Hindi, is the cousin of Devaki, and ruler of the Vrishni kingdom with its capital at Mathura. His father was King Ugrasena and mother was Queen Padmavati...
- Kanjalochana - The Lotus-Eyed God
- Keshava - One Who Has Long, Black Matted Locks
- Krishna - Dark-Complexioned Lord
- Lakshmikantam - The Lord Of Goddess Lakshmi
- Lokadhyaksha - Lord Of All The Three Lokas (Worlds)
- Madan - The Lord Of Love
- Madhava - Knowledge Filled God
- Madhusudan - Slayer Of Demon Madhu
- Mahendra - Lord Of Indra
- Manmohan - All Pleasing Lord
- Manohar - Beautiful Lord
- Mayur - The Lord Who Has A Peacock Feathered-Crest
- Mohan - All Attractive God
- Murali - The Flute Playing Lord
- Murlidhar - One Who Holds The Flute
- Murlimanohar - The Flute Playing God
- Nandakumara - Son of Nanda
- Nandgopala - The Son Of Nand
- Narayana - The Refuge Of Everyone
- Navaneethachora - makan (butter) chor
- Niranjana - The Unblemished Lord
- Nirguna - Without Any Properties
- Padmahasta - One Who Has Hands Like Lotus
- Padmanabha - The Lord Who Has A Lotus Shaped Navel
- Parabrahmana - The Supreme Absolute Truth
- Paramatma - Lord Of All Beings
- Parampurush - Supreme Personality
- Parthasarthi - Charioteer Of Partha - Arjuna
- Prajapati - Lord Of All Creatures
- Punyah - Supremely Pure
- Purshottam - The Supreme Soul
- Ravilochana - One Whose Eye Is The Sun
- Sahasraakash - Thousand-Eyed Lord
- Sahasrajit - One Who Vanquishes Thousands
- Sakshi - All Witnessing Lord
- Sanatana - The Eternal Lord
- Sarvajana - Omniscient Lord
- Sarvapalaka - Protector Of All
- Sarveshwar - Lord Of All Gods
- Satyavachana - One Who Speaks Only The Truth
- Satyavrata - The Truth Dedicated Lord
- Shantah - Peaceful Lord
- Shreshta - The Most Glorious Lord
- Shrikanta - Beautiful Lord
- Shyam - Dark-Complexioned Lord
- Shyamsundara - Lord Of The Beautiful Evenings
- Sudarshana - Handsome Lord
- Sumedha - Intelligent Lord
- Suresham - Lord Of All Demi-Gods
- Swargapati - Lord Of Heavens
- Trivikrama - Conqueror Of All The Three Worlds
- Upendra - Brother Of Indra
- Vaikunthanatha - Lord Of Vaikuntha, The Heavenly Abode
- Vardhamaanah - The Formless Lord
- Vasudev - All Prevailing Lord
- Vishnu-All Prevailing Lord
- Vishwadakshinah - Skilful And Efficient Lord
- Vishwakarma - Creator Of The Universe
- Vishwamurti - Of The Form Of The Entire Universe
- Vishwarupa - One Who Displays The Universal Form
- Vishwatma - Soul Of The Universe
- Vrishaparvaa - Lord Of Dharma
- Yadavendra - King Of The Yadav Clan
- Yogi - The Supreme Master
- Yoginampati - Lord Of The Yogis
The word "Krishna" is thought to originate from the sanskrit root "karshana", which means "to attract, to draw near"".Therefore the word "Krishna" means "the one who draws", or "the one who attracts".
This notion that "the word Krishna [...] means the all-attractive" current in ISKCON, has gained further support from Prabhupada's commentary on
Bhagavata PuranaThe Bhāgavata Purāṇa is one of the "Maha" Puranic texts of Hindu literature, with its primary focus on bhakti to the incarnations of Vishnu, particularly Krishna. The Sanskrit text comprises twelve skandas and 13,216 verses by one count...
(1.1.1) and (6.4.33) because according to Gaudiya philosophy the Lord is sometimes called
guṇa-karma-nāma because He is named according to His transcendental activities. Thus, Krishna in this context means "all-attractive", because "His transcendental qualities make Him very attractive."
Prabhupada bases this on his translation of the
Chaitanya CharitamritaThe Chaitanya Charitamrita is one of the primary biographies detailing the life and teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu , a Vaisnava saint and founder of the Gaudiya Vaishnava Sampradaya. It was written by Krishna Das Kaviraja age 90, primarily in the Bengali language, but also including a great...
, where a mystical "etymology" of
kṛṣṇa is given as
- "kṛṣ expresses existence (bhū); ṇa expresses pleasure (nirvṛti)"
The translation of
bhū given by Prabhupada is "attractive existence".
Vishnu Ashtotharam
The below prayers can be told daily by offering flowers or Tulasi to Lord
KrishnaKrishna is a deity worshipped across many traditions in Hinduism in a variety of perspectives...
. It contains 108 Names of Lord Krishna taken from
VishnuVishnu , , is the Supreme God in Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of the five primary forms of God...
Sahasranama.
- Om Vishnave Namah
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