Kṛshṇa
Kṛshṇa
Kṛshṇa is a name used for more than one being and place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
Devatās
- Kṛshṇa: Śrī Kṛshṇa, also called Vāsudeva and Govinda, Bhagavān Vishṇu‘s avatāra in Dvāpara Yuga, born to Devakī and Vasudeva. Varāha Purāṇa; Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa; Bhāgavata Purāṇa; Hari Vamśa Purāṇa; Agni Purāṇa; Kūrma Purāṇa; Mahābhārata, Bhīshma Parva; Mahābhārata, Sauptika Parva; Mahābhārata, Strī Parva; Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva; Mahābhārata, Āśramavāsika Parva; Mahābhārata, Aśvamedhika Parva; Mahābhārata, Mausala Parva; Mahābhārata, Svargārohaṇa Parva; Bhavishya Purāṇa; Brahma Purāṇa
- Kṛshṇa, Attendant of Sūrya: one of the attendants of Bhagavān Sūrya‘s ratha, appointed by Nara and Nārāyaṇa; he is not Śrī Kṛshṇa. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 53
People
- Kṛshṇa (Son of Havirdhāna): one of the six sons of Havirdhāna and Āgneyī, in the line of Svāyambhuva Manu that passed through King Pṛthu. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 2
- Kṛshṇa (son of Asamauja): a Yādava, one of the three sons Andhaka gave to the sonless Asamauja; with his brothers he was known as the Andhakas. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 16
Places
- Kṛshṇā (River): a river and tīrtha whose water is held in the mind in the abhisheka of Bhagavān Sūrya, with Prayāga, Pushkara and the other puṇya tīrthas. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 55; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 19; Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 7
- Kṛshṇa (Naraka): one of the narakas ruled by Yama, into which the doers of pāpa are cast after death; it is not Kṛshṇasūtra. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 22