# 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 - Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (the dark one born on an island)
* Draupadi - Kṛṣṇā Pānchali, 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 Kṛṣṇā 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 Kṛṣṇa 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

## 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