Krishna is a Hindu deity.

Krishna may also refer to:

Buddhist

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
  • 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 (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
  • Shri Krishna (1993 TV series), a TV series produced by Ramanand Sagar, Anand Sagar, and Moti Sagar
  • Krishna Pandit, a fictional character portrayed by Darshan Kumar in the 2022 Indian film The Kashmir Files

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 (1932–2024), politician from Karnataka
  • Krishna (politician) (1941–2021), 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
  • Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, 29th Prime Minister of Nepal, also called Kisoonji
  • Shree Krishna Shrestha, Nepali film actor

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)
  • Krishna, a 1971 horror novel by Indian writer Narayan Dharap

See also

  • Krsna (disambiguation)
  • Krish (disambiguation)
  • Krishnaiah (disambiguation)
  • Krishnayya (disambiguation)
  • Krishnappa (disambiguation)
  • Kishan (disambiguation)
  • Kanha (disambiguation)
  • Black God (disambiguation)
  • Shyam (disambiguation)
  • Shyama (disambiguation)
  • Krushna, an Indian name, alternative spelling of Krishna
  • Rajadhi Raja Raja Kulothunga Raja Marthanda Raja Gambeera Kathavaraya Krishna Kamarajan, a 1993 Indian film by Balu Anand