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"Anakadundubhi" | Hindu | Drums, the father of Lord Krishna, a name of Vasudeva called thus because the drums of heaven resounded at his birth. Hindu |
"Arishta" | Hindu | A Daitya, and a son of Bali, who attacked Krishna in the form of a savage bull and was slain by him. Hindu |
| Ghost name "Bhut" | India | A type of evil spirit. It is especially the evil ghost of a man who has died due to execution, accident, or suicide. People protect themselves by lying on the ground, because the bhutas never rest on earth. In the Bhagvad Gita, Krishna the Avatar declares that the humans who worship bhutas become bhutas themselves. India |
"Dagon" | Hindu | The fish avatar of Krishna. Hindu |
"Jagannath" | Hindu | Jagganath, Jagannatha, "Lord of the world";. Name for Vishnu in his manifestation as Krishna. Hindu |
"Kaustubha" | India | A celebrated jewel obtained at the churning of the ocean, and worn by Vishnu or Krishna on his bosom. India |
| Demon name "Kesi" | India | A demon with and was defeated by Indra. In the Puranas, a Daitya who took the form of a horse and attacked Krishna, but was killed that hero's thrusting his arm into his jaws and rending him asunder. India |
| Spirit name "Kikumbha" | India | A supreme spirit who could die only by the hands of Vishnu. He was king of Shatpura and had great magical powers, so that he could multiply himself into many forms, though he commonly åśśumed only three. He carried off the daughters of Brahmadatta, the friend of Krishna, and that here attacked him and killed him under different forms more than once, but he was eventually slain outright by Krishna, and the city of Shatpura was given to Brahmadatta. India |
| Deity name "Krishna" | Hindu | 'Black.' This name occurs in the Rigveda, but without any relation to the great deity of later times. The earliest mention of Krishna, the son of Devaki, is in the Chhandogya Upanishad, where he appears as a scholar. Hindu |
| Deities name "Krishna" | Indian | The modern deity Krishna is the most celebrated hero of Indian mythology, and the most popular of all the deities. He is said to be the eighth Avatara or incarnation of Vishnu, or rather a direct manifestation of Vishnu himself. This hero, around whom a vast måśś of legend and fable has been gathered, probably lived in the Epic age, when the Hindus had not advanced far beyond their early settlements in the north-west. |
| Demon name "Kuvalayapida" | Hindu | An immense elephant, or a demon in elephantine form, belonging to Kansa, and employed by him to trample the boys Krishna and Balarama to death. The attempt failed and the elephant was killed. Hindu |
| Spirit name "Paurnamasi" | Hindu | The mother of Sandipani Muni, the spiritual master of Krishna. Paurnamasi makes the arrangements for Radha and Krishna's pastimes. Hindu |
| King name "Prabhu-pada-aghate" | Krishna | The kicking of Lord Jagannatha. Hare Krishna |
| Demon name "Pradyumna" | Hindu | A son of Krishna and Rukmini who, as a baby, was abducted by the demon Sambara and cast into the sea and swallowed by a fish. The fish was caught and opened and the child was found inside. He was given to a woman in Sambara's house to raise. Narada informed her about the true identity of the child. When Pradyumna grew up, he battled the demon Sambara, defeated him. Pradyumna was later killed in a drunken brawl in his father's court at Dwaraka. Hindu |
| Spirit name "Radha" | Hindu | A celebrated cowherdess beloved by Krishna, mystically interpreted as the human ego seeking Krishna, the spiritual ego. Hindu |
"Rohini" | Hindu | The mother of Bala-Rama and of a wife of Krishna. Hindu |
"Subhadra" | Hindu | An important character in the Mahabharata. She is the half-sister of Krishna, wife of Arjuna, and mother of Abhimanyu. Hindu |
"Sudarsana" | Sanskrit | The chakra or circular weapon of Vishnu-Krishna, a flaming weapon called the disc of the Sun. Sanskrit |
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