Kṛṣṇa
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Kṛṣṇa or Krishna (Skt., ‘black’, ‘dark’). A composite figure in Hinduism, becoming eventually the eighth and most celebrated
avatāra (incarnation) of
Viṣṇu. In the
Ṛg Veda, the name appears, but is not connected with divinity. The transformation of Kṛṣṇa appears to have been a part of a longing (expressed in
Bhāgavata Purāṇa) for a more personal than philosophical focus for religious devotion and progress: according to 1. 3. 27,
Kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam, ‘Kṛṣṇa is
Bhagavan himself.’ He is prominent in the
Mahābhārata, and it is he who instructs Arjuna in the
Bhagavad-gītā. The many legends told about him make him one of the most popular and accessible figures of Hindu devotion (
bhakti).
Initially, Kṛṣṇa was closely associated with Viṣṇu. His involvement with the
gopīs in amorous dance (
rasa līlā) becomes the model of passionate union with God; as the adviser to Arjuna in the
Bhagavad-gītā, he transcends the action and evokes a comparable transcendence in those who attend to him. He is represented iconographically in sinuous dance, playing his irresistible flute to summon the gopīs (and his lovers); but he is also shown in images of power, raising Mount Govardhana above the floods unleashed by
Indra, or destroying the malevolent snake, Kāliya, who has poisoned the life-giving waters of the river
Yamunā. Kṛṣṇa is devoted especially to
Rādhā, and the two are often worshipped together.
See also
VAIṢṆAVA;.
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Andhra minister prays to Krishna river to calm down
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 10/6/2009; 447 words
; ...unprecedented floods caused by a swollen Krishna river led to widespread destruction in...along with hundreds of villages in Krishna and Guntur districts. Amid the...prayed to 'Krishnamma' or mother Krishna, as the Hindus call the river...
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Harnessing the Waters of the Krishna River.(Irrigation project in Krishna valley, India involves tunnel construction; contract given to)(B. T. Patil & Sons Construction Ltd.)
Magazine article from: World Tunnelling; 4/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; The Krishna valley in the Indian state of Maharashtra...to harness the abundant waters of the River Krishna. Some 22 million hectares of land will...mammoth scheme being undertaken by the Krishna Valley Development Corporation involves...
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Over 800,000 pilgrims take dip in Krishna river.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 9/3/2004; 354 words
; ...Over 800,000 pilgrims took a holy dip in Krishna river on the seventh day of 12-day Krishna pushkaram Friday. As many as 847,000 pilgrims...holy dip in various banks along the river in Krishna district, an official release said here Friday...
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AP boat tragedy: 43 bodies fished out of Krishna river.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 1/21/2007; 447 words
; ...tragedy: 43 bodies fished out of Krishna river Hyderabad, Jan 21 (PTI) Upto...district have been fished out of Krishna river since last evening. While...times its capacity--capsized in Krishna river on January 18 near Manchalkatta...
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20 bodies recovered from Krishna river.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 1/21/2007; 354 words
; 20 bodies recovered from Krishna river Hyderabad, Jan 21 (PTI) The bodies...Pradesh have been recovered from the Krishna river, police said today. While...capacity, was capsized in river Krishna on January 18 near Manchalkatta...
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Three students drown in Krishna river in AP.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 7/7/2009; 342 words
; Three students drown in Krishna river in AP Guntur (AP), July 7 (PTI) Three students Tuesday drowned in river Krishna, where they had gone to take a holy dip on the occasion of Guru...
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Vijaywada turns into island as floodwaters of Krishna River swells.
News Wire article from: Asian News International; 10/12/2009; 492 words
; ...5 (ANI): Floodwaters from the Krishna River have cut off the town of Vijaywada from rest of Andhra Pradesh. The Krishna River contains over 10 lakh cusecs...the dam. Kurnool, Mahbubnagar, Krishna and Guntur are the worst affected...
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60 bodies of accident victims recovered from Krishna River
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 1/22/2007; 378 words
; ...killed when an overcrowded boat sank in the Krishna River in Andhra Pradesh's Mahabubnagar district...of many were performed on the banks of the river. Hundreds of relatives, camping on the river-banks for the last three days, cried inconsolably...
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First body recovered after Krishna river tragedy
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 1/20/2007; 384 words
; ...after a boat carrying over 80 people capsized in the Krishna River in Andhra Pradesh's Mahabubnagar district, authorities...of the victims were still camping on the banks of the river at Nehrunagar on the Kunrool-Mahabubnagar border...
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India : Water from Krishna river to be released from Oct 15.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 9/29/2009; 318 words
; ...Andhra Pradesh Major Irrigation Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah has said water for irrigation would be released from the Krishna river from October 15. "We will release 170 tmc ft of water from the Nagarjuna Sagar Left and right canals. This will...
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Krishna
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...their own son. From birth, Krishna exhibited great powers...was carrying him, the baby Krishna dipped his foot in the waters of a raging river. The waves parted, allowing...evil Kamsa discovered that Krishna was alive, he sent demons...
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Oriya
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...to the north of the Mahanadi River, which flows into the Bay...Delta, has a famous shrine to Krishna in his form of Jagannath...one story goes, a hunter saw Krishna in the forest, thought he...legend alive by representing Krishna as a block of wood. 5...
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Gujaratis
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...near the mouth of the Indus River, curves around the great peninsula...Hindu legend, the hero-god Krishna was forced to abandon his ancestral...Saurashtra Peninsula. In one epic, Krishna's relatives began to quarrel...Soon, many chiefs were dead. Krishna's son was killed, and his...
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Maratha
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...area is watered by many rivers, including the Tapti, the Godavari, the Bhima, the Krishna, and their tributaries...Varhadi, the southern Krishna Valley has Kolhapuri...the Godavari Basin to the Krishna Valley. From the 1300s...
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India
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...close to the Yamuna and Ganges rivers, where the broken hills of the Chambal, Betwa, and Son rivers rise to the low plateaus of...Nagpur in the east. The Narmada River, south of the Vindhya hills...is drained by the Godavari, Krishna, and Kaveri rivers; they break through the Eastern...
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