Krishna (disambiguation)

Krishna is a Sanskrit word ("kṛṣṇa") that means 'black' or 'dark blue'. It refer to:

* Krishna, Hindu deity.
* The Svayam Bhagavan, theological concept relating to Krishna as the supreme deity.

Certain other figures within Hinduism also have names transliterated as Krishna. These include (with added phonetic spellings);
* Vyasa - IAST|Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana(the dark one born on an island)
* Draupadi - IAST|Kṛṣṇā Pānchali (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 IAST|Kṛṣṇā in the Virataparva (feminine form).

Books named Krishna

* Krishna Yajurveda (Black Yajurveda) - one of the two samhitas (collections) of Yajurveda, Hindu religious text.
* Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, also known as "IAST|Kṛṣṇa book"

Organizations named Krishna

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

Geographical Locations named Krishna

* Krishna River that flows through Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh (this should correctly be Kṛṣṇā, in feminine form)
* Krishna District, a district of Andhra Pradesh, named after Krishna River.

Fictional places named Krishna

* In L. Sprague de Camp's "Viagens Interplanetarias" science fiction stories, Krishna is an extrasolar planet, the setting for a series of sword and planet adventures.

People named Krishna

* Lal Krishna Advani is an Indian politician, the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Leader of the Opposition in the 14th Lok Sabha.
* Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya, a Hindu philosopher at Calcutta University.
* Krishna, A popular and legendary telugu film actor.
* Krishna Menon (1897 - 1974), Indian Defence Minister during the Sino-Indian War.
* Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna is a politician from Karnataka, former Chief Minister of Karnataka and current Governor of Maharashtra.
*"Khrishna Bhanji" is the birth name of actor Sir Ben Kingsley
* Krishnamurti Jiddu was a modern indian sage and philosopher.

Films and other media

*Krishna (film), a 1996 Bollywood film starring Sunil Shetty and Karisma Kapoor
*"Krishna (2006 film)", a 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 KrishnanOther
* *USS "Krishna" (ARL-38)----