Krishna

Krishna

Krishna is a central figure of Hinduism and is traditionally attributed the authorship of the Bhagavad Gita. He is the supreme Being and considered in some monotheistic traditions as an Avatar of Vishnu...

is the name of svayam bhagavan

Svayam Bhagavan

Svayam Bhagavan , "The Lord" or Lord Himself, is a Sanskrit theological term. The term refers to the concept of absolute representation of the monotheistic God as Bhagavan within Hinduism....

, i.e. monotheistic God

God

God is the English name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions who is either the sole deity in monotheism, or a single deity in polytheism....

, in Krishnaism

Krishnaism

Krishnaism is a group of Hindu denominations within Vaishnavism, centered on devotion to Radha Krishna or other forms of Krishna, identified with Vishnu.The central text of Krishnaism is the Bhagavad Gita....

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Numerous alternative names or titles are applied to Krishna, many taken from the Vishnu Sahasranama

Vishnu sahasranama

The Vishnu sahasranama is a list of 1,000 names of Vishnu, one of the main forms of God in Hinduism and the personal supreme God for Vaishnavas . It is also one of the most sacred and commonly chanted stotras in Hinduism...

 (which conversely lists Krishna as the 57th name of Vishnu

Vishnu

Vishnu is the Supreme god in the Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of the five primary forms of God....

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• Achala(अचल) - The still one
• Achyuta(अच्युत) - Infallible
• Avyukta - Crystal clear one
• Banke Bihari(बाँके बिहारी) - corrupt form of Van Ke Vihari(वन के विहारी) which means one who loves to sport in the forests particularly Vrindavan
  Vrindavan
  Vrindavan also known as Vraj is a town in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India...
  
  
• Bihari(बिहारी) - One who plays
• Brajesh
  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...
  
  (ब्रजेश) - Lord of Braja
• Chakradhari(चक्रधारी) - the bearer of a discus (chakra)
• Damodara
  Damodar (name of Krishna)
  Damodar is the 367th name of Vishnu from the Vishnu sahasranama. The various meanings of the name are given as follows:...
  
  (दामोदर) - the Lord when He was tied with a cord (dama) round His waist (udara)
• Dinabandhu(दीनबंधु) - Friend of the afflicted
• Dinanatha(दीनानाथ) - Refuge of destitutes
• Dwarakadisha(द्वारकाधीश) - Lord of Dwaraka
• Dwarakanatha(द्वारकानाथ) - Lord of Dwaraka
• Ghanshyama(घनश्याम) - Dark rain cloud complexioned one
• Giridhari(गिरिधारी) - he who lifted a hill (Govardhana hill)
• Gopala(गोपाल) - cowherd; protector of cows (more accurately protector of life)
• Gopinatha(गोपीनाथ) - Lord of the gopis, or cowherd women.
• Govinda
  Govinda
  ' and ' are names of Krishna, referring to his youthful occupation as a cowherd. He is regarded as the Supreme Godhead in the Vaishnava tradition and also by much of the pan-Hindu tradition...
  
  (गोविंद) - protector of cows; also connected with Govardhana hill; see also other meanings.
• Guruvayoorappan
  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 Guruvayur
  Guruvayur
  Guruvayur is a municipal town in Thrissur District, of Kerala State in India. It houses the famous Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple, the fourth biggest temple in India in terms of the number of devotees per day.-History:Guruvayur, according to the legends may be 5,000 years old as the Guruvayur...
  
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• Hari
  Hari
  Hari is an Avatar, another name of and , and appears as the 650th name in the Vishnu sahasranama of Mahabharata. In Sanskrit "hari" sometimes refers to a colour, green, yellow, or fawn-coloured/khaki. It is the colour of the Sun and of Soma...
  
  (हरी) - 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 Krishna is the vocative, viz. "o golden one! o dark-blue one"; see other meanings.
• Ishvara
  Ishvara
  Ishvara is a philosophical concept in Hinduism, meaning controller or the Supreme controller in a theistic school of thought or the Supreme Being, or as an Ishta-deva of monistic thought.-Etymology:...
  
  (ईश्वर) - god
  God
  God is the English name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions who is either the sole deity in monotheism, or a single deity in polytheism....
  
  
• Hrishikesha(हृषिकेश) - 'lord of the senses'.
• Jagannatha(जगन्नाथ) - lord of all places (see also Juggernaut
  Juggernaut
  A juggernaut in colloquial English usage is a literal or metaphorical force regarded as mercilessly destructive and unstoppable.Originating in ca...
  
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• Janardhana(जनार्दन) - One Who Bestows Boons On One And All
• Kaladeva(कालदेव) - the black deity
• Kanha or Kanhaiya(कान्हा, कन्हैया)
• Keshava
  Keshava
  Keshava is a name of Krishna from within Hindu tradition.The name 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...
  
  (केशव) – long haired, beautiful haired; see also other meanings
• Madana Mohana (मदन मोहन)
• Madhava
  Madhava (Vishnu)
  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...
  
  (माधव) - bringer of springtime
• Madhusudanah
  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
  Asura
  -In Hinduism:In Hinduism, the Asuras constitute a group of power-seeking deities, sometimes considered sinful and materialistic. The Daityas and Danavas were combinedly known as Asuras. The Asura were opposed to the Devas. Both groups are children of Kasyapa...
  
   named Mora
  Mora
  -People:* Alberto J. Mora , General Counsel of the United States Navy * Alfonso Mora , Venezuelan former tennis player* Bruno Mora , Italian football player and coach* Cristian Mora , Ecuadorian football goalkeeper...
  
  
• Mukhilan- The one with the complexion similar to the rain clouds
• Mukund(मुकुंद) - He who gives you mukti
• Nanda Gopala(नन्द गोपाल)
• Nanda Lal(नन्द लाल) - Beloved of Nanda
• Panduranga
  Vithoba
  Vithoba , also known as Vitthala and Panduranga , is a Hindu god, worshipped predominantly in the Indian states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa and Andhra Pradesh. He is generally considered a manifestation of the Hindu god Vishnu or his Avatar Krishna...
  
  
• Parambrahman the highest Brahman
  Brahman
  In Hinduism, Brahman is the one supreme, universal Spirit that is the origin and support of the phenomenal universe. Brahman is sometimes referred to as the Absolute or Godhead which is the Divine Ground of all being...
  
  
• Parameshvara
  Parameshvara
  Vatasseri Parameshvara Nambudiri was a major Indian mathematician and astronomer of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics founded by Madhava of Sangamagrama. He was also an astrologer...
  
   the highest Ishvara
  Ishvara
  Ishvara is a philosophical concept in Hinduism, meaning controller or the Supreme controller in a theistic school of thought or the Supreme Being, or as an Ishta-deva of monistic thought.-Etymology:...
  
  , the highest god
  God
  God is the English name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions who is either the sole deity in monotheism, or a single deity in polytheism....
  
  
• Parthasarathy - charioteer of Partha, another name of Arjuna
  Arjuna
  Arjuna in Indian mythology is the greatest warrior on earth and is one of the Pandavas, the heroes of the Hindu epic Mahābhārata. Arjuna, whose name means 'bright', 'shining', 'white' or 'silver' Arjuna (Devanagari: अर्जुन, Thai: อรชุน, Orachun, Tamil: Arjunan, Indonesian and Javanese: Harjuna,...
  
  , a reference to his role with regard to Arjuna in the great battle
• Patitapavana - Purifier of the fallen
• Radha Vallabha(राधा वल्लभ) - lover of Radha
  Radha
  Radha , also called Radhika, Radharani and Radhikarani, is the childhood friend and lover of Krishna in the Bhagavata Purana, and the Gita Govinda of the Vaisnava traditions of Hinduism...
  
  
• Ranchhodrai - When he refused to fight the war and fled to Dwarka
  Dwarka
  Dwarka also spelled Dvarka, Dwaraka, and Dvaraka, is a city and a municipality of Jamnagar district in the 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. Dakor
  Dakor
  Dakor is a city and a Nagarpalika in Kheda district in the state of Gujarat, India. It is prominent for its grand temple of Shree Krishna-Shree Ranchhodraiji.-History:...
  
  , Gujarat has a popular temple of Ranchhodraiji. Ran - Field, Chhod - leave.
• Shyam
  Shyam
  Shyam may refer to:*a name of Krishna*Shyam , a Hindi film actor*Shyam , an Indian music composer from Kerala*Shyam , a Tamil Journalist, Father of Investigative Journalistm from Tamilnadu, India...
  
  asundara - the beautiful, dark one
• Vāsudeva
  Vasudeva
  In Hindu itihasa , Vasudeva is the father of Krishna, the son of Shoorsen, of the Yadu and Vrishni dynasties. His sister Kunti was married to Pandu. He was a partial incarnation of Rishi Kashyap....
  
  , Krishna Vasudeva(वासुदेव, कृष्ण वासुदेव)- son of Vasudeva
• Yadhunandana - Son of the Yadu dynasty
• Yogeshwara(योगेश्वर) - the Lord of the Yogis
• Yashoda Nandana(यशोदा नंदन) – child of Yashoda

108 names and titles from the Gaudiya Vaishnavism

Gaudiya Vaishnavism

Gaudiya Vaishnavism is a Vaishnava religious movement founded by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in India in the 16th century. "Gaudiya" refers to the Gauḍa region with Vaishnavism meaning "the worship of Vishnu"...

 tradition

1. Achala - Still Lord
2. Achyuta - Infallible Lord
3. Adbhutah - Wonderful God
4. Adidev - The Lord Of The Lords
5. Aditya - The Son Of Aditi
6. Ajanma - One Who Is Limitless And Endless
7. Ajaya - The Conqueror Of Life And Death
8. Akshara - Indestructible Lord
9. Amrit - Heavenly nectar or elixir
10. Anandsagar - Compassionate Lord
11. Ananta - The Endless Lord
12. Anantajit - Ever Victorious Lord
13. Anaya - One Who Has No Leader
14. Aniruddha - One Who Cannot Be Obstructed
15. Aparajeet - The Lord Who Cannot Be Defeated
16. Avyukta - One Who Is As Clear As Crystal
17. Balgopal - The Child Krishna, The All Attractive
18. Balkrishna- The Child Krishna
19. Chaturbhuj - Four-Armed Lord
20. Danavendra - Granter Of Boons
21. Dayalu - Repository Of Compassion
22. Dayanidhi - The Compassionate Lord
23. Devadidev - The God Of The Gods
24. Devakinandan - Son Of Mother Devaki
25. Devesh - Lord Of The Lords
26. Dharmadhyaksha - The Lord OF Dharma
27. Dravin - The one who has no Enemies
28. Dwarkapati - Lord Of Dwarka
29. Gopal - One Who Plays With The Cowherds, The Gopas
30. Gopalpriya - Lover Of Cowherds
31. Govinda - One Who Pleases The Cows, The Land And The Entire Nature
32. Gyaneshwar - The Lord Of Knowledge
33. Hari - The Lord Of Nature
34. Hiranyagarbha
    Hiranyagarbha
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     - The All Powerful Creator
35. Hrishikesh - The Lord Of All Senses
36. Jagadguru - Preceptor Of The Universe
37. Jagadisha - Protector Of All
38. Jagannath
    Jagannath
    Jagannath is a transcendental non-anthropotheistic Hindu god worshiped primarily by the people of Indian state of Orissa, and, to a great extent, West Bengal...
    
     - Lord Of The Universe
39. Janardhana - One Who Bestows Boons On One And All
40. Jayantah - Conqueror Of All Enemies
41. Jyotiraaditya - The Resplendence Of The Sun
42. Kamalnath - The Lord Of Goddess Lakshmi
43. Kamalnayan - The Lord With Lotus Shaped Eyes
44. Kamsantak - Slayer Of Kamsa
    Kamsa
    In Hinduism, Kamsa or Kansa , often known as Kans in Hindi, is the brother of Devaki, and ruler of the Vrishni kingdom with its capital at Mathura. His father was King Ugrasena and mother was Queen Padmavati...
    
    
45. Kanjalochana - The Lotus-Eyed God
46. Keshava - One Who Has Long, Black Matted Locks
47. Krishna - Dark-Complexioned Lord
48. Lakshmikantam - The Lord Of Goddess Lakshmi
49. Lokadhyaksha - Lord Of All The Three Lokas (Worlds)
50. Madan - The Lord Of Love
51. Madhava - Knowledge Filled God
52. Madhusudan - Slayer Of Demon Madhu
53. Mahendra - Lord Of Indra
54. Manmohan - All Pleasing Lord
55. Manohar - Beautiful Lord
56. Mayur - The Lord Who Has A Peacock Feathered-Crest
57. Mohan - All Attractive God
58. Murali - The Flute Playing Lord
59. Murlidhar - One Who Holds The Flute
60. Murlimanohar - The Flute Playing God
61. Nandakumara - Son of Nanda
62. Nandgopala - The Son Of Nand
63. Narayana - The Refuge Of Everyone
64. Navaneethachora - makan (butter) chor
65. Niranjana - The Unblemished Lord
66. Nirguna - Without Any Properties
67. Padmahasta - One Who Has Hands Like Lotus
68. Padmanabha - The Lord Who Has A Lotus Shaped Navel
69. Parabrahmana - The Supreme Absolute Truth
70. Paramatma - Lord Of All Beings
71. Parampurush - Supreme Personality
72. Parthasarthi - Charioteer Of Partha - Arjuna
73. Prajapati - Lord Of All Creatures
74. Punyah - Supremely Pure
75. Purshottam - The Supreme Soul
76. Ravilochana - One Whose Eye Is The Sun
77. Sahasraakash - Thousand-Eyed Lord
78. Sahasrajit - One Who Vanquishes Thousands
79. Sakshi - All Witnessing Lord
80. Sanatana - The Eternal Lord
81. Sarvajana - Omniscient Lord
82. Sarvapalaka - Protector Of All
83. Sarveshwar - Lord Of All Gods
84. Satyavachana - One Who Speaks Only The Truth
85. Satyavrata - The Truth Dedicated Lord
86. Shantah - Peaceful Lord
87. Shreshta - The Most Glorious Lord
88. Shrikanta - Beautiful Lord
89. Shyam - Dark-Complexioned Lord
90. Shyamsundara - Lord Of The Beautiful Evenings
91. Sumedha - Intelligent Lord
92. Suresham - Lord Of All Demi-Gods
93. Swargapati - Lord Of Heavens
94. Trivikrama - Conqueror Of All The Three Worlds
95. Upendra - Brother Of Indra
96. Vaikunthanatha - Lord Of Vaikuntha, The Heavenly Abode
97. Vardhamaanah - The Formless Lord
98. Vasudev - All Prevailing Lord
99. Vishnu-All Prevailing Lord
100. Vishwadakshinah - Skillful And Efficient Lord
101. Vishwakarma - Creator Of The Universe
102. Vishwamurti - Of The Form Of The Entire Universe
103. Vishwarupa - One Who Displays The Universal Form
104. Vishwatma - Soul Of The Universe
105. Vrishaparvaa - Lord Of Dharma
106. Yadavendra - King Of The Yadav Clan
107. Yogi - The Supreme Master
108. Yoginampati - Lord Of The Yogis

Vishnu Ashtottaram

The below prayers can be told daily by offering flowers or Tulasi to Krishna

Krishna

Krishna is a central figure of Hinduism and is traditionally attributed the authorship of the Bhagavad Gita. He is the supreme Being and considered in some monotheistic traditions as an Avatar of Vishnu...

. It contains 108 Names of Krishna taken from Vishnu Sahasranama

Vishnu sahasranama

The Vishnu sahasranama is a list of 1,000 names of Vishnu, one of the main forms of God in Hinduism and the personal supreme God for Vaishnavas . It is also one of the most sacred and commonly chanted stotras in Hinduism...

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1. Om Vishnave Namah
2. Om Lakshmi Pathaye Namah
3. Om Krishnaya Namah
4. Om Vaikuntaaya Namah
5. Om Garuda Dhvajaya Namah
6. Om Parah Brahmane Namah
7. Om Jagannathaya Namah
8. Om Vaasudevaya Namah
9. Om Trivikramaya Namah
10. Om Dhydhyaanthakaaya Namah
11. Om Madhuribhave Namah
12. Om Dhaarshyavahaaya Namah
13. Om Sanaadhanaaya Namah
14. Om Narayanaya Namah
15. Om Padmanabhaya Namah
16. Om Hrishikeshaya Namah
17. Om Sudhapradhaya Namah
18. Om Haraye Namah
19. Om Pundarikakshaya Namah
20. Om Siddhidhikarthre Namah
21. Om Paraathparaya Namah
22. Om Vanamaline Namah
23. Om Yagnaroopaya Namah
24. Om Chakrapanye Namah
25. Om Gadhadhraya Namah
26. Om Upendraya Namah
27. Om Keshavaya Namah
28. Om Hamsaaya Namah
29. Om SamudraMadhanaya Namah
30. Om Haraye Namah
31. Om Govindaya Namah
32. Om Prahmajankaya Namah
33. Om KaitabasuraMardhanaya Namah
34. Om Sridharaya Namah
35. Om Kaamajakaaya Namah
36. Om Seshaya Namah
37. Om Chadhurbhujaya Namah
38. Om Paanchajanyadharaaya Namah
39. Om SriMathe Namah
40. Om Shaarangapanaye Namah
41. Om Janardhanaya Namah
42. Om Pitambharadharaya Namah
43. Om Devaya Namah
44. Om SuryaChandraVilochanaya Namah
45. Om MatsyaRoopaya Namah
46. Om Kurmathanave Namah
47. Om Krodharoopaya Namah
48. Om Nrukesarine Namah
49. Om Vaamanaaya Namah
50. Om Bhaargavaaya Namah
51. Om Raamaya Namah
52. Om Haline Namah
53. Om Kalkine Namah
54. Om Hayaananaaya Namah
55. Om Viswambaraya Namah
56. Om Simsumaaraya Namah
57. Om Srikharaaya Namah
58. Om Kapilaaya Namah
59. Om Dhruvaaya Namah
60. Om Dattatreyaya Namah
61. Om Achyutaya Namah
62. Om Anantaaya Namah
63. Om Mukundhaaya Namah
64. Om Dhidhivaamanaaya Namah
65. Om Dhanvantraye Namah
66. Om Srinivasaya Namah
67. Om Pradyumnaya Namah
68. Om Purushothamaya Namah
69. Om Srivathkausthubhadhraaya Namah
70. Om Muraradhaye Namah
71. Om Adhoshjaaya Namah
72. Om Rushabhaya Namah
73. Om MohanaroopaDharine Namah
74. Om Sangarshanaaya Namah
75. Om Prithave Namah
76. Om Sheerabdhisaayene Namah
77. Om Bhoodhathmane Namah
78. Om Anirudhaaya Namah
79. Om Bhakthavatsalaaya Namah
80. Om Naraaya Namah
81. Om GajendraVaradaaya Namah
82. Om Thridhamne Namah
83. Om Bhoothabhavanaaya Namah
84. Om Svetavaasdhavyaaya Namah
85. Om SuryamandalaMadhyakaaya Namah
86. Om SanakathiMunithyeyaaya Namah
87. Om Bhagavathe Namah
88. Om SankaraPriyaya Namah
89. Om Neelakanthaya Namah
90. Om Tharakaanthaaya Namah
91. Om Vedathmane Namah
92. Om Bhadhraayanaaya Namah
93. Om BhagirathiJanmaBhoomiPaadaPadmaaya Namah
94. Om Stham Prabhave Namah
95. Om Svabhave Namah
96. Om Vibhave Namah
97. Om KanakaShyamaaya Namah
98. Om Jagadhkaaranaaya Namah
99. Om Avyayaaya Namah
100. Om Buddhavadharaaya Namah
101. Om Shaanthathmane Namah
102. Om Krisoth Namah
103. Om Leelamaanusha Vigrahaaya Namah
104. Om Damodharaaya Namah
105. Om Viraataroopaaya Namah
106. Om Bhoodhabhavyabhavath Prabhave Namah
107. Om Aadi Devaaya Namah
108. Om Deva Devaaya Namah
109. Om Prahladha Paripalakhaya Namah

External links

• 108 Names of Krishna
• Astottara-satanamas (108 names): Krishna devanagari mp3 audio
• Sahasranamas (1000 names): Krishna, Gopala, Balakrishna, Radha-Krishna