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Krishnan refers to the Hindu deity Krishna. Krishnan is also combined with other names into a single name such as Ananthakrishnan, Balakrishnan, Gopalakrishnan, Jayakrishnan, Muralikrishnan, Ramakrishnan, Radhakrishnan, Unnikrishnan, and Venkatakrishnan.
Krishna ( / ˈkrɪʃnə /; [12] Sanskrit: कृष्ण, IAST: Kṛṣṇa [ˈkr̩ʂɳɐ]) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme God in his own right. [13] . He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; [14] [1] and is widely revered among Hindu divinities. [15] .
Krishnan is an Indian surname derived from a personal name meaning 'black dark'. Learn about the Krishnan family records, geographic distribution, occupation, lifespan, and achievements on Ancestry.com.
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According to tradition Krishna belonged to the Yadava - a pastoral race - and the god's birth is picturesquely described in the Mahabharata. One day Vishnu, the great Hindu god pulled two hairs from his own head, one white and one black. The black hair was planted into the womb of Devaki, a princess of the city of Mathura, and so Krishna was born i...
Krishna acted as the warrior-prince Arjuna's charioteer in the Great War, the Battle of Kurukshetra, between the Pandavas (whom Krishna supported) and the Kauravas. It was on the eve of this battle that Krishna recounted the sacred song of the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna. Within, Lord Krishna highlights that the self is quite separate from the body and...
The worship of Krishna may have started as early as the 5th century BCE. Today he is worshipped as the supreme Hindu god by many believers, and he is especially revered in Bengal and Udupi in southern India. One of the many festivals held in his honour is the ratha-yatra chariotfestival in Puri which commemorates Radha's successful attempt to persu...
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Apr 26, 2024 · Krishna, one of the most widely revered and most popular of all Indian divinities, worshipped as the eighth incarnation (avatar, or avatara) of the Hindu god Vishnu and also as a supreme god in his own right.
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Jun 9, 2019 · Updated June 9, 2019. Share: Family name origins & meanings. Indian (Kerala, Tamil Nadu) : Hindu name from Sanskrit kṛṣna ‘black’ (see Krishna) + the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n. This is only a given name in India, but has come to be used as a family name in the U.S.
Jul 3, 2019 · Lord Krishna is one of the most popular and powerful incarnations of Vishnu, the Hindu Godhead. He lived around 3200 BC and influenced Indian culture, philosophy, and religion with his teachings, exploits, and legends.
