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Keshava | | Keshava: Encyclopedia - Keshava | | Keshava and Keshav (केशव) are alternate names for the Hindu Lord Krishna. Keshava is the Sanskrit form of the name, Keshav the Hindi pronounciation. Keshava appears as the 23rd and 648th names in the Vishnu sahasranama. Kesava (Sanskrit) is the first of the 24 epithets of Lord Krishna.
According to Adi Sankara' s commentary on the Vishnu sahasranama, Keshava has three meanings:
one whose Kesa or locks are beautiful
one who is Himself the three: kah Brahma; ah Vishnu and Isa Shiva
one who destroyed the as ...
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Keshava
Keshava and Keshav (केशव) are alternate names for the Hindu Lord Krishna. Keshava is the Sanskrit form of the name, Keshav the Hindi pronounciation. Keshava appears as the 23rd and 648th names in the Vishnu sahasranama. Kesava (Sanskrit) is the first of the 24 epithets of Lord Krishna.
According to Adi Sankara' s commentary on the Vishnu sahasranama, Keshava has three meanings:
- one whose Kesa or locks are beautiful
- one who is Himself the three: kah Brahma; ah Vishnu and Isa Shiva
- one who destroyed the asura or demon Kesi in the Krishna avatar
It also means
- one who is endowed with the rays of light spreading within the orbit of the sun
- one who is endowed with divine powers of Brahma, Vishnu and Siva
Keshava - External link
- Krishna.com
- Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai. URL accessed on 2004. Sri Vishnu Sahasranama, commentary by Sri Sankaracharya, translated by Swami Tapasyananda.
- Vendanta press and catalog. URL accessed on 2004.
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