Krishna (disambiguation)

Krishna is a Hindu deity.

Krishna may also refer to:

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 - (the dark one born on an island)
 * Draupadi -, 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 in the Virataparva (feminine form)
 * Krishnaism

Related

 * Krishna Janmashtami, a Hindu festival.
 * Krishna Yajurveda (Black Yajurveda), one of the two samhitas (collections) of Yajurveda, Hindu religious text
 * Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, also known as  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

 * Krishnaveni (disambiguation) or Krishna River
 * Krishna River, a river in the Deccan plateau of India
 * Krishna district, a 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, Nadia, a city in West Bengal

Film and TV

 * Krishna (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 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

 * Kṛṣṇa Daivajña, a 16th-17th century astrologer-astronomer-mathematician
 * Krishna (Satavahana dynasty), c. 1st century BCE king of Deccan region in India
 * Krishna I (756–774), king of the Rashtrakuta Empire of India after Dantidurga
 * Krishna II (878–914), king of the Rashtrakuta Empire of India after Amoghavarsha I
 * Krishna III (939–967), King of the Rashtrakuta Empire of India after Amoghavarsha III
 * Krishna of Devagiri ( c. 1246–1261), 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 Beuraa, 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), 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)
 * 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
 * KRSNA (rapper) (Krishna Kaul), Indian rapper known as KR$NA
 * Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986), Indian philosopher

Other

 * Krishna Express, a train of the Indian South Central Railway
 * Krishna Patrika, a Telugu language newspaper
 * Krishna University, a university in Machilipatnam, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India
 * USS Krishna (ARL-38)