Krishna | Wikipedia audio article
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Krishna


00:02:04 1 Names and epithets
00:03:16 2 Iconography
00:05:44 3 Historical and literary sources
00:09:47 3.1 Indo-Greek coinage
00:10:49 3.2 Heliodorus pillar and other inscriptions
00:13:28 4 Life and legends
00:14:02 4.1 Birth
00:15:04 4.2 Childhood and youth
00:16:57 4.3 Adulthood
00:18:35 4.4 Kurukshetra War and iBhagavad Gita/i
00:19:35 4.5 Death and ascension
00:21:00 4.6 Versions and interpretations
00:22:27 5 Proposed datings
00:24:08 6 Philosophy and theology
00:27:26 7 Influence
00:27:35 7.1 Vaishnavism
00:29:09 7.2 Early traditions
00:29:58 7.3 Bhakti tradition
00:30:34 7.3.1 Indian subcontinent
00:32:31 7.3.2 Outside Asia
00:34:15 7.4 Southeast Asia
00:36:04 8 Performance arts
00:38:11 9 Other Religions
00:38:20 9.1 Jainism
00:40:56 9.2 Buddhism
00:43:24 9.3 Other
00:44:58 10 See Also



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Krishna (, Sanskrit pronunciation: [ˈkr̩ʂɳə]; Sanskrit: कृष्ण, translit. Kṛṣṇa)  is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of the god Vishnu and also as the supreme God in his own right. He is the god of compassion, tenderness, and love in Hinduism, and is one of the most popular and widely revered among Indian divinities. Krishna's birthday is celebrated every year by Hindus on Janmashtami according to the lunisolar Hindu calendar, which falls in late August or early September of the Gregorian calendar.The anecdotes and narratives of Krishna's life are generally titled as Krishna Leela. He is a central character in the Mahabharata, the Bhagavata Purana and the Bhagavad Gita, and is mentioned in many Hindu philosophical, theological, and mythological texts. They portray him in various perspectives: a god-child, a prankster, a model lover, a divine hero, and as the universal supreme being. His iconography reflects these legends, and shows him in different stages of his life, such as an infant eating butter, a young boy playing a flute, a young man with Radha or surrounded by women devotees, or a friendly charioteer giving counsel to Arjuna.The synonyms of Krishna have been traced to 1st millennium BCE literature. In some sub-traditions, Krishna is worshipped as Svayam Bhagavan, and this is sometimes referred to as Krishnaism.  These sub-traditions arose in the context of the medieval era Bhakti movement. Krishna-related literature has inspired numerous performance arts such as Bharatnatyam, Kathakali, Kuchipudi, Odissi, and Manipuri dance. He is a pan-Hindu god, but is particularly revered in some locations such as Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh, the Jagannatha aspect in Odisha, Mayapur in West Bengal, Dwarka and Junagadh in Gujarat, in the form of Vithoba in Pandharpur, Maharashtra, Nathdwara in Rajasthan, and Guruvayur in Kerala. Since the 1960s, the worship of Krishna has also spread to the Western world and to Africa, largely due to the work of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).