Krishna (disambiguation)
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 Hindu festival.
 - Krishna Yajurveda (Black Yajurveda), one of the two samhitas (collections) of Yajurveda, Hindu religious text
 - Kṛṣṇa, 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
    
- Krishna River that flows through Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh (this should correctly be Kṛṣṇā, in feminine form)
 - Krishna district, 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, city in West Bengal
 
Transportation
    
- Krishna Express, a train of the South Central Railway running between Tirupati and Adilabad
 
Newspapers
    
- Krishna Patrika, a Telugu language newspaper founded in the year 1909
 
Film and TV
    
- Krishna (1993 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 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 Krishnan
 - Krishna, the Malayalam-dubbed version of the 2008 Telugu film Parugu
 
People
    
- Krishna (Satavahana dynasty), c. 1st century BCE king of Deccan region in India
 - Krishna I (756–774), the King of Rashtrakuta dynasty of India after Dantidurga
 - Krishna II (878–914), the King of Rashtrakuta dynasty of India after Amoghavarsha I
 - Krishna III (939–967), the King of Rashtrakuta dynasty of India after Amoghavarsha III
 - Krishna of Devagiri, a 13th-century 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 Beura, 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), famed 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), one of the Indian names
 - 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
 - Krishna Kaul, known as KR$NA, Indian rapper
 - Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986), Indian philosopher
 
Education
    
- Krishna University, a university in Machilipatnam, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India
 
Other
    
    
See also
    
- Krsna (disambiguation)
 - Krish (disambiguation)
 - Krishnaiah (disambiguation)
 - Krishnayya (disambiguation)
 - Kishan (disambiguation)
 - Kanha (disambiguation)
 - Black God (disambiguation)
 - Shyam (disambiguation)
 - Shyama (disambiguation)
 - Krushna, an Indian name, alternative spelling of Krishna
 
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