This post is about 108 Names of Lord Shri Krishna. We all know that Shree Krishna is Avtar of God Shree Vishnu. Krishna is one of the almighty lords in the Hindu pantheon. He is supposed as superman.

His birthday is celebrated on the day of Janamashtami. Krishna Janmashtami is one of the biggest celebrations in the Hindu pantheon of Nepal, India, and other countries and states of the world. There are more than 108 names of Lord Shree Krishna. We have posted here 108 Names of Lord Shri Krishna only. In the future, we can post more names.

Introduction

Lord Krishna, God Vishnu’s eighth incarnation, is worshiped in Hinduism as a supreme God. Born in northern India (around 3,228 BCE), the birth of Lord Krishna marks the end of the Dvapara age and the beginning of the Kal yuga (also called the present age).

He is worshipped as the eighth incarnation of the Lord Vishnu and also as the supreme god in his own right. In Hinduism, he is the god of compassion, tenderness, and love, and is one of Indian divinities ‘ most popular and revered.

Every year, Hindus celebrate Krishna’s birthday on Krishna Janmashtami according to the lunisolar Hindu calendar, which falls on the Gregorian calendar in late August or early September. Usually, Krishna is portrayed in his hand with a flute.

Krishna’s life’s stories and tales are generally called Krishna Leela. In the Mahabharata, the Bhagavata Purana, and the Bhagavad Gita, he is a central character and is stated in many philosophical, theological, and mythological texts of Hindu.

In different perspectives, they depict him: a god-child, a prankster, a prototype lover, a holy hero, and as the ultimate human being. His iconography represents these legends and depicts him at various stages of his life, such as a baby eating butter, a young boy playing the flute, a young boy with Radha or surrounded by female devotees, or a friendly charioteer offering Arjuna advice.

Krishna’s synonyms were traced to literature from the 1st millennium BCE. Krishna is worshipped as Svayam Bhagavan in some sub-traditions, and this is often called Krishnaism. Such sub-traditions originated as part of the Bhakti movement of the medieval era.

Literature linked to Krishna has influenced various performing arts such as dance by Bharatanatyam, Kathakali, Kuchipudi, Odissi, and Manipuri. He is a pan-Hindu god but is especially worshipped in places like Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh, the aspect of Jagannatha in Odisha, Mayapur in West Bengal, Dwarka and Junagadh.

Due to the work of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), the worship of Krishna has also spread to the Western world and Africa since the 1960s.

Names and epithets

As Vishnu’s name, Krishna is listed in the Vishnu Sahasranama as the 57th name. Krishna is often depicted as black-or blue-skinned in idols based on his name. Krishna is also identified by different names, epithets, and titles representing his various associations and attributes.

Among the most common names are Mohan’s “enchanter;” Govinda’s “head herdsman;” Keev’s “prankster;” and Gopala’s “go, protector,” meaning “soul” or “cows.”Some names of Krishna are of regional importance; Jagannatha, found in Puri Hindu temple, is a famous incarnation in Odisha state and nearby eastern India regions.

Birth

Krishna is born to Devaki and her husband, Yadava clan Vasudeva in Mathura, in Krishna Charitas. When the heinous actions of Kamsa and other demon Kings burdened Mother Earth, she went to Lord Brahma in the form of a cow who brought her to the shore of the milky ocean along with other deities.

There they chanted to call Lord Vishnu to the Purusha Sukta. Lord Vishnu promised her and other gods that he and his part Shesha in Yadu’s clan would be born himself in order to end the tyranny. The son of Devaki is a dictator named Kamsa.

According to Puranic legends, at Devaki’s wedding, fortune-tellers tell Kamsa that he would be killed by a Devaki boy. Kamsa arranges to destroy all the children of Devaki. When Krishna is born, Vasudeva secretly transfers and exchanges the baby Krishna across the Yamuna.

The traded baby appears as the Hindu goddess Durga when Kamsa tries to kill the infant, warning him that his death has arrived in his kingdom, and then disappears, according to the Puranas legends.

Krishna grows up next to modern-day Mathura with Nanda Baba and his mother Yasoda. Two of Krishna’s siblings also survive, according to these legends, namely Balarama and Subhadra. Krishna’s birthday is celebrated as Krishna Janmashtami.

Childhood and youth

Krishna playing flute

The texts state that Krishna lifts the hill of Govardhana to protect Vrindavana’s inhabitants from destructive rains and floods. He is identified by other legends as an enchanting and playful lover of Vrindavana’s Gopis (milkmaids), particularly Radha.

These metaphor-filled love stories are known as the Rasa Lila and have been romanticized in Jayadeva’s poetry, Gita Govinda’s writer. They are also central to the development of worshiping Radha Krishna’s Krishna bhakti traditions. Krishna’s childhood reflects the Hindu lilac idea, playing for fun and enjoyment, not for sport or profit.

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His rasa dance or Rasa-Lila interaction with the Gopis is an example. Krishna plays his flute and the Gopis come to the banks of the Yamuna River and join him in singing and dancing at once, whatever they did. And those who couldn’t be there by physical training follow him.

He is the divine reality and the nature of eternal love, the Gopis is the metaphorical reflection of the physical activities and the impermanent body.

In the myths of Krishna’s childhood and youth, this purple is a constant theme. Even when he fights with a serpent to protect others, he is portrayed as playing a game in Hindu texts.

This quality of playfulness in Krishna is celebrated during festivals such as Rasa-Lila and Janmashtami, where Hindus playfully imitate his legends in certain regions such as Maharashtra, such as making human gymnastic pyramids to break open handis (clay pots) hanging high in the air to “steal” butter or buttermilk, spilling it throughout the party.

Adulthood

The legends of Krishna then describe his return to Mathura. He overthrows and destroys the dictator leader, his uncle Kamsa / Kansa after Kamsa has quenched many attempts at assassination.

He re-establishes the father of Kamsa, Ugrasena as the king of the Yadavas and becomes a leading prince at court. Krishna after Kamsa’s death leads the Yadavas to the newly built city of Dwaraka in one version of the Krishna story as told by Shanta Rao. Pandavas subsequently grow.

Krishna is a relative of Arjuna and the Kuru Kingdom’s other Pandava princes. In the Mahabharata, Krishna plays a key role. This is a metaphor where each of the eight wives means a different aspect of him, according to Dennis Hudson.

Vaishnava texts describe all Gopis as Krishna’s daughters, according to George Williams, but this is the divine meaning of devotional relationship and Krishna’s full loving devotion to each and everyone devoted to him. Rohini, Radha, Rukmini, Svaminiji, or others are also called his wife. He is most commonly seen with Radha in Krishna-related Hindu rituals.

In the Hindu religion, both his wives and his lover Radha are considered to be the avatars of the goddess Lakshmi, Vishnu’s consort. Gopis are the many forms and embodiments of Radha.

During the Kurukshetra war an iconographic representation of Krishna with Arjuna–the background for the Bhagavad Gita. Krishna becomes Arjuna’s charioteer for the Kurukshetra War, according to the epic poem Mahabharata, but on the condition that he personally does not lift any sword.

On arrival at the battlefield and seeing the enemies being his family, his parents, his cousins, and loved ones, Arjuna is moved and says his heart won’t let him fight and kill anyone. He’d rather give up the kingdom and put down his Gandiv (the bow of Arjuna).

Krishna then teaches him on the nature of life, ethics, and morality when faced with a battle between good and evil, the impermanence of matter, the permanence of soul and good, duties and responsibilities, the existence of true peace and happiness, and the different types of yoga to achieve this state of happiness and inner liberation.

This dialogue is portrayed as a discourse called the Bhagavad Gita between Krishna and Arjuna.

Death and ascension

(The hunter Jara is about to shoot arrows at Krishna) The Indian texts state that the legendary Kurukshetra War leads to the death of all the hundred Gandhari sons.

Following the death of Duryodhana, Krishna visits Gandhari to give his condolences when, as mentioned in Stree Parva, Gandhari and Dhritarashtra visited Kurukshetra.

Feeling that Krishna purposely did not put an end to the war, Gandhari said in a fit of rage and sorrow,’ You were oblivious to the Kurus and the Pandavas as they slaughtered each other, therefore, O Govinda, you will be the slayer of your own relatives!

‘A fight breaks out among the Yadavas at a festival, which ends up killing each other, according to the Mahabharata. A hunter named Jara fires an arrow that fatally injures him by mistaking the sleeping Krishna for a deer. Krishna is forgiving and dying Jara.

Bhalka’s pilgrimage (tirtha) site in Gujarat marks the location where it is believed that Krishna has died. It is also called Dehotsarga, says Diana L. Eck, a word which literally means the place where Krishna “gave up his body.”

The Bhagavata Purana in Book 11, chapter 31 states that Krishna returned directly because of his yogic concentration to his transcendent abode after his death. Waiting gods like Brahma and Indra could not track the direction taken by Krishna to abandon his human manifestation and return to his dwelling place.

Facts of Krishna

Lord Krishna’s name is literally an adjective, meaning’ black’ or’ grim,’ and’ all beautiful’ is another common translation.
Lord Krishna once protested against the Vedic gods ‘ traditional form of worship, such as Indra. Lord Krishna has told Brindavan people to worship the Govardhan Hill instead of Indra, according to Bhagavata Purana, as it gives the rain for agriculture. This made God Indra very angry and in Brindavan, he sent out a terrible storm, but Lord Krishna saved the people by raising the Govardhan Hill and using it as an umbrella to shield the villagers.
Lord Krishna’s eight wives, including Rukmini, were called the Ashtabharya together. It is said that Lord Krishna, on her own request to save her from marrying Shishupala, abducted Rukmini-the Vidarbha Queen. The remaining name of Krishna’s seven wives is Satyabhama, Jambavati, Kalindi, Mitravinda, Nagnajiti, Bhadra, and Lakshmana.
Once, to destroy Shishupal, Lord Krishna assumed his (universal) form of Vibrant. And, even the blind king, during this period Dhritarashtra acquired divine vision to be able to see Krishna’s form. For more than a hundred times on the occasion of Yudhishthira’s coronation, Shishupal disrespected Lord Krishna with abuses for which he forgave him as he had told the mother of Shishupal. But, when the violence reached the number 100, Krishna got his larger form and then killed Shishupal. Shishupala and Dantavakra are thought to have been the reincarnations of Vishnu’s gatekeepers Jaya and Vijaya, who were cursed to be born on Earth, and can only be delivered by Vishnu’s hands.
Gandhari cursed the Yadu Dynasty that after 36 years they will be destroyed, to which Lord Krishna (so be it) told Tathastu. Lord Krishna visited Gandhari on the night before Duryodhana’s death to offer condolences, she was upset as she knew that if Krishna wanted to end the war, he might have done so, but he didn’t. Therefore, she cursed that after 36 years the Yadu Dynasty will die, Lord Krishna, himself wanted the same thing to happen, as he thought the whole dynasty had become (sinful) Adharmi.
Krishna seems to be beyond nature’s limits or death’s limitations, or anything related to human life. Following the passage of several decades, he does not seem to grow old in the historical depictions of the Puranas. Mahabharata has suggested several times that there are no restrictions on Lord Krishna. In one such case, where Duryodhana attempted to arrest Krishna, where his body burst to reveal all existence inside him.
Lord Krishna is part of the religion of Jain as well. He is represented, named Vasudeva (heroic figure), as one of the triads.
Lord Krishna is also mentioned in the Buddhist Jataka stories. He is portrayed as the prince and legendary figure in India in the Vaibhav Jataka, beheading his evil uncle Kansa and killing all the kings to rule Jambudvipa (India).
That’s right. The Bahá’ís claim that Lord Krishna was a “God’s Manifestation,” or one of the prophets who revealed to people on earth the’ Word of God.’ Accordingly, he shares a revered face with Isaac, Moses, Zoroaster, Buddha, Muhammad, Christ, the Báb, and Bahá’u’lláh, the father of the Bahá’í Faith.
That’s right. Lord Krishna and Draupadi are thought to have been brothers and sisters. And that Draupadi was born to help Lord Krishna kill the kings who were sinful. Draupadi is Goddess Parvati’s incarnation, and Krishna is the incarnation of Lord Vishnu, Goddess Parvati’s brother.
Since offering his thumb to Dronacharya, Lord Krishna gave Eklavya a boon. As a gift, another incarnation was given as Dhrishtadyumna who stepped out of the yajna fire in order to destroy Dronacharya.
That’s right. Despite Radha Krishna’s love tale’s fame, there are no signs of Radha’s presence in Shrimad Bhagavatam or Mahabharata or the Harivansham about Lord Krishna’s life.
There are believed to have been a number of curses that contributed to Lord Krishna’s death. The legend has it, the curse on Krishna by Gandhari was that in 36 years he and his clan would vanish. Sage Durvasa cursed Lord Krishna saying that he is going to die on his knees.

Here we have posted 108 names of lord Shree Krishna in Nepali language. You can see also 108 names of lord Shree Krishna in Hindi language. here are 108 names of lord Shree Krishna with English meaning as well.

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108 Names of Lord Shri Krishna in English, Hindi & Nepali

S.N.	108 Names of Lord Shri Krishna in English	108 Names of Lord Shri Krishna in Hindi or Nepali	MEANING of 108 Names of Lord Shri Krishna
1	Achala	अचल	Still Lord
2	Achyuta	अच्यूत	Infallible Lord
3	Adbhutah	अदभूता	Wonderful God
4	Adidev	आदिदेव	The Lord Of The Lords
5	Aditya	आदित्य	The Son Of Aditi
6	Ajanma	अजन्मा	One Who Is Limitless And Endless
7	Ajaya	अजय	The Conqueror Of Life And Death
8	Akshara	अक्षरा	Indestructible Lord
9	Amrut	अम्रुत	One Who Is Sweet As Nectar
10	Anaadih	अनाडी	One Who Is The First Cause
11	Anandsagar	आनन्दसागर	Compassionate Lord
12	Ananta	अनन्त	The Endless Lord
13	Anantajit	अनन्तजीत	Ever Victorious Lord
14	Anaya	अनाय	One Who Has No Leader
15	Aniruddha	अनिरुद्ध	One Who Cannot Be Obstructed
16	Aparajeet	अपराजीत	The Lord Who Cannot Be Defeated
17	Avyukta	अभ्युक्त	One Who Is As Clear As Crystal
18	Balgopal	बालगोपाल	The Child Krishna, The All Attractive
19	Bali	बली	The Lord Of Strength
20	Chaturbhuj	चतुर्भुज	Four-Armed Lord
21	Danavendra	दानबेन्द्र	Granter Of Boons
22	Dayalu	दयालु	Repositiory Of Compassion
23	Dayanidhi	दयानिधी	The Compassionate Lord
24	Devadidev	देवाधिदेव	The God Of The Gods
25	Devakinandan	देवकीनन्दन	Son Of Mother Devaki

108 Names of Lord Shri Krishna in English, Hindi & Nepali


26	Devesh	देवेस	Lord Of The Lords
27	Dharmadhyaksha	धर्माध्यक्ष	The Lord OF Dharma
28	Dwarkapati	द्धारकापति	Lord Of Dwarka
29	Gopal	गोपाल	One Who Plays With The Cowherds, The Gopas
30	Gopalpriya	गोपालप्रिया	Lover Of Cowherds
31	Govinda	गोविन्द	One Who Pleases The Cows, The Land And The Entire Nature
32	Gyaneshwar	ज्ञानेश्वर	The Lord Of Knowledge
33	Hari	हरि	The Lord Of Nature
34	Hiranyagarbha	हिरण्यगर्भ	The All Powerful Creator
35	Hrishikesh	रिेषिकेश	The Lord Of All Senses
36	Jagadguru	जगतगुरु	Preceptor Of The Universe
37	Jagadisha	जगदिश	Protector Of All
38	Jagannath	जगन्नाथ	Lord Of The Universe
39	Janardhana	जनार्धन	One Who Bestows Boons On One And All
40	Jayantah	जयन्ता	Conqueror Of All Enemies
41	Jyotiraaditya	ज्योतिरादित्य	The Resplendence Of The Sun
42	Kamalnath	कमलनाथ	The Lord Of Goddess Lakshmi
43	Kamalnayan	कमलनयन	The Lord With Lotus Shaped Eyes
44	Kamsantak	कामसन्तक	Slayer Of Kamsa
45	Kanjalochana	कन्जलोचन	The Lotus-Eyed God
46	Keshava	केशव	One Who Has Long, Black Matted Locks
47	Krishna	कृष्ण	Dark-Complexioned Lord
48	Lakshmikantam	लक्ष्मीनन्दन	The Lord Of Goddess Lakshmi
49	Lokadhyaksha	लोकाध्यक्ष	Lord Of All The Three Lokas (Worlds)
50	Madan	मदन	The Lord Of Love

108 Names of Lord Shri Krishna in English, Hindi & Nepali language


51	Madhava	माधव	Knowledge Filled God
52	Madhusudan	मधुसुदन	Slayer Of Demon Madhu
53	Mahendra	महेन्द्र	Lord Of Indra
54	Manmohan	मनमोहन	All Pleasing Lord
55	Manohar	मनोहर	Beautiful Lord
56	Mayur	मयूर	The Lord Who Has A Peacock Feathered-Crest
57	Mohan	मोहन	All Attractive God
58	Murali	मुरली	The Flute Playing Lord
59	Murlidhar	मुरलीधर	One Who Holds The Flute
60	Murlimanohar	मुरलीमनोहर	The Flute Playing God
61	Nandgopala	नन्दगोपाल	The Son Of Nand
62	Narayana	नारायण	The Refuge Of Everyone
63	Niranjana	निरन्जन	The Unblemished Lord
64	Nirguna	निर्गुण	Without Any Properties
65	Padmahasta	पद्महस्त	One Who Has Hands Like Lotus
66	Padmanabha	पद्मनभ	The Lord Who Has A Lotus Shaped Navel
67	Parabrahmana	परब्रम्हा	The Supreme Absolute Truth
68	Paramatma	परमात्मा	Lord Of All Beings
69	Parampurush	परमपुरुष	Supreme Personality
60	Parthasarthi	पार्थसारथी	Charioteer Of Partha – Arjuna
71	Prajapati	प्रजापति	Lord Of All Creatures
72	Punyah	पुन्य	Supremely Pure
73	Purshottam	पुरुषोत्तम	The Supreme Soul
74	Ravilochana	रविलोच	One Who Eye Is The Sun
75	Sahasraakash	सहस्राकास	Thousand-Eyed Lord

108 Names of Lord Shri Krishna in English, Hindi & Nepali


76	Sahasrajit	सहस्रजीत	One Who Vanquishes Thousands
77	Sahasrapaat	सहस्रपात	Thousand-Footed Lord
78	Sakshi	साक्षी	All Witnessing Lord
79	Sanatana	सनातन	The Eternal Lord
80	Sarvajana	र्सवजन	Omniscient Lord
81	Sarvapalaka	र्सवपालक	Protector Of All
82	Sarveshwar	र्सर्वेश्वर	Lord Of All Gods
83	Satyavachana	सत्यवचन	One Who Speaks Only The Truth
84	Satyavrata	सत्यव्रत	The Truth Dedicated Lord
85	Shantah	सन्त	Peaceful Lord
86	Shreshta	श्रेष्ठ	The Most Glorious Lord
87	Shrikanta	श्रीकान्त	Beautiful Lord
88	Shyam	श्याम	Dark-Complexioned Lord
89	Shyamsundara	श्यामसुन्दर	Lord Of The Beautiful Evenings
90	Sudarshana	सुन्दरसना	Handsome Lord
91	Sumedha	सुमेधा	Intelligent Lord
92	Suresham	सुरेशम	Lord Of All Demi-Gods
93	Swargapati	र्स्वर्गपति	Lord Of Heavens
94	Trivikrama	त्रिविकर्मा	Conqueror Of All The Three Worlds
95	Upendra	उपेन्द्र	Brother Of Indra
96	Vaikunthanatha	वैकुण्ठनाथ	Lord Of Vaikuntha, The Heavenly Abode
97	Vardhamaanah	वार्धामना	The Formless Lord
98	Vasudev	वासुदेव	All Prevailing Lord
99	Vishnu	विष्णु	All Prevailing Lord
100	Vishwadakshinah	विश्वदक्षिणा	Skilfull And Efficient Lord
101	Vishwakarma	विश्वकर्मा	Creator Of The Universe
102	Vishwamurti	विश्वमुर्ति	Of The Form Of The Entire Universe
103	Vishwarupa	विश्वरुपा	One Who Displays The Universal Form
104	Vishwatma	विश्वत्मा	Soul Of The Universe
105	Vrishaparvaa	व्रिषपर्वा	Lord Of Dharma
106	Yadavendra	यादवेन्द्र	King Of The Yadav Clan
107	Yogi	योगी	The Supreme Master
108	Yoginampati	योगीनामपति	Lord Of The Yogis