Krishna Dictionary

Bana (-asura)

A thousand-armed demon, son of Bali. He was a favored devotee of Lord Siva’s. When Bana’s daughter Usha hid Krishna’s grandson Aniruddha in Bana’s palace, the demon arrested Aniruddha, and a battle ensued between Krishna and Lord Siva. Defeated, Lord Siva begged Krishna to spare Bana’s life. Krishna then severed all but four of Bana’s arms and blessed him to become an eternal associate of Siva.

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Krishna

Singer of the Bhagavad Gita, adviser to the Pandus in the Mahabharata, incarnation of Vishnu, Supreme Personality of Godhead, the wisdom of the wise

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Kubja

A hunchback woman of Mathura employed as a seller of fragrant ointments. Attracted to Krishna when He entered Mathura, she happily agreed to supply Him ointment without payment and applied it to His body. As a reward Krishna transformed her into a beautiful young lady. Krishna later visited her home along with Uddhava.

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Ari-Krishna Ari-krsna (Sanskrit) A name of the sun as lord of rays.

See also HARI-KRISHNA (Caves & Jungles 621-2)

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Jambavati

The daughter of Jambavan. After Krishna fought Jambavan over the Syamantaka jewel, Jambavan surrendered to Krishna and offered Him Jambavati, who became one of Krishna’s eight principal queens.

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Dasa, Dasi:

Dasa, Dasi: (servant) instrument of the will of God, Krishna.

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 Bhagavad Gita:

the dialogues between Krishna and Arjuna

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Jalpa:

Jalpa: (chatter): the ten different types of strange talk or citra-jalpa that the gopis in divine madness [divyonmada] have, missing the outer form of Krishna: prajalpa (denigrating), parijalpa (exposing), vijalpa (sarcasm), ujjalpa (spite), san'jalpa (decrying), avajalpa (belittleling), abhijalpa (plaintive remorse), ajalpa (disgust), pratijalpa (self-depreciating hope) and sujalpa (concern) [see 10.47: 12-21]. With this they modelled meritoriously the emotional, irrational tie a devotee can have being separated from Krishna.

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tulasi-mala

A strand of beads made of wood from the sacred tulasi plant, which is very dear to Krishna. Vaishnavas wear a small mala on their necks as a sign of submission to Krishna and carry a larger mala with which to count the Lord’s names they have vowed to recite.

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Aniruddha:

Aniruddha: Krishna's grandson, Lord (Krishna's expansion); one of the four original expansions of Lord Krishna in the spiritual world. (BV-14)

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Rasakrida:

Rasakrida (Rasa Kreeda): The Raasa Dance of Krishna, with the cowherd maids (the Gopis) of Brindavan, (BV-10); when Krishna danced in the moonlight, with the maids, each maid having a concrete Krishna by her side (BV-35), (BV-36).

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Murari

Krishna, the enemy of the demon Mura.

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Rohini

The wife of Vasudeva who was the mother of Krishna’s principal expansion, Balarama.

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Krishnapaksha(m) krsnapaksam (Sanskrit) (from krishna dark, black + paksha the half of a month)

The dark half of a month, the 15 days during which the moon in waning.

See also SUKLATAKSHA

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Pradyumna

A son of Krishna in Dvaraka. He appears in Dvaraka and Mathura as the transcendental Cupid, the third of the original quadruple vyuha expansions of the Supreme Lord. He again expands from Lord Narayana in Vaikuntha, in the second quadruple, as the ruler of mind.

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Parikshit

The son of Abhimanyu who inherited the Kuru throne from Yudhishthira. Krishna personally saved him in his mother’s womb, and thus the child was named Parikshit because he was searching (pariksheta) for the person who had protected him.

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Hrishikesha

The Supreme Lord Vishnu, or Krishna, master of everyone’s senses.

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Yudishthira (Sanskrit). One of the heroes of the Mahabharata.

The eldest brother of the Pandavas, or the five Pandu princes who fought against their next of kin, the Kauravas, the sons of their maternal uncle. Arjuna, the disciple of Krishna, was his younger brother.

The Bhagavad Gita gives mystical particulars of this war. Kunti was the mother of the Pandavas, and Draupadi the wife in common of the five brothers -  an allegory. But Yudishthira is also, as well as Krishna, Arjuna, and so many other heroes, an historical character, who lived some 5,000 years ago, at the period when the Kali Yuga set in.

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Govinda:

Govinda: (friend of cows) Name of Lord Krishna, which means "He, who bestows joy to the land, cows and the senses" (also Gopala: Krishna as cowherd) (BV-37). He as the blessing of the cows.

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Tulsi:

Tul(a)si: A sacred plant dear to Lord Krishna and worhiped by His devotees. Tulsi is a sacred plant and is worshiped by many Hindus. Many Vishnu temples have a tulsi garden. When food is offered to Lord Vishnu or Krishna, tulsi leaves are put on each preparation offered. Indians generally keep a tulsi tree in front of their house, towards the south-east corner of their house.

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Jagannatha Puri

See Puri.

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