Krishna, an avatar of Vishnu, Kurukshetra_War # Krishna. 27s_peace_mission | mediating for peace to avert the Kurukshetra War of Mahabharata

His charioteer, Krishna ( an avatar of god ), explains to Arjuna the concept of dharma ( duty ) among other things and makes him see that it is his duty to fight.

A different viewpoint differing from this theological concept is the concept of Krishna as an avatar of Narayana or Vishnu.

Apart from these, Vishnu is depicted in any of his ten avataras, which include Vishnu sitting on Anantha ( the celestial snake and keeper of life energy ), Vishnu with Lakshmi seated on his lap ( Lakshminarayana ), with the head of a lion disemboweling a demon on his lap ( Lakshminarasimha ), with head of a boar walking over a demon ( Varaha ), in the Krishna avatar ( as Venugopala or the cow herder playing the Venu ( flute ), dancing on the head of the snake Kaliya, lifting a hill such as Govardhana ), with his feet over head of a small figure ( Vamana ), with Lakshmi seated on Garuda, and the eagle ( stealing the parijata tree ).

Krishna ( Sanskrit: क ृ ष ् ण in IAST, pronounced literally " black, dark blue ") is a Hindu deity, a " complete " avatar ( or " incarnation ") of the preserver-god, Vishnu.

When young Narendra Nath doubted Ramakrishna's claim of avatar, Ramakrishna said, " He who was Rama, He who was Krishna, He himself is now Ramakrishna in this body.

The Mahabharata, describing the life and times of the Pandavas, occurs in the Dvapara Yuga, a period associated with Lord Krishna ( the eighth avatar of Lord Vishnu ).

They make Krishna the ninth avatar and delete Buddha.

Arjuna was an avatar of Nara, who along with the avatar of Narayana, Krishna, established Dharma in the Dvapara Yuga.

Krishna being Narayana of the Nara Narayana avatar, symbolizes the atman, and hence the two are inseparable.

The most popular avatar of Vishnu in Hinduism is Krishna.

* In Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Krishna is seen as the original form of God, i. e. the source of Vishnu and not as His avatar.

This belief is shared by the Nimbarka and Vallabha sampradayas, but not by the Ramanuja and Madhva schools, who view Krishna as an avatar of Vishnu.

Other sampradayas view Chaitanya as a devotee of Krishna only, and not Krishna himself or a form of avatar.

Krishna Janmashtami ( Devanagari ), also known as Krishnashtami, Saatam Aatham, Gokulashtami, Ashtami Rohini, Srikrishna Jayanti, Sree Jayanti or sometimes merely as Janmashtami, is an annual commemoration of the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu.

* one who destroyed the asura or demon Kesi in the Krishna avatar.

He along with Krishna, Rama and Narasimha is considered to be an important avatar of Vishnu.

Krishna then goes on to describe how Arjuna should surrender the fruits of his actions ( good or bad ) to him, Krishna, ( as the Supreme Person or avatar ):

Lord Shri Dattatreya Prabhu and Lord Shri Krishna are not said to have another avatar as guru.

In the schools of Bhakti Yoga, the devotees who worship Vishnu or Krishna are particularly keen on ahimsa.

Angkorian representations of Vishnu include anthropomorphic representations of the god himself, as well as representations of his incarnations or Avatars, especially Krishna and Rama.

Traditions of Gaudiya Vaishnavas, the Nimbarka Sampradaya and followers of Swaminarayan and Vallabha consider Krishna to be the source of all avatars, and the source of Vishnu himself, or to be the same as Narayana.

When Krishna is recognized to be Svayam Bhagavan, it can be understood that this is the belief of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, the Vallabha Sampradaya, and the Nimbarka Sampradaya, where Krishna is accepted to be the source of all other avatars, and the source of Vishnu himself.

It should be however noted that although it is usual to speak of Vishnu as the source of the avataras, this is only one of the names of the God of Vaishnavism, who is also known as Narayana, Vasudeva and Krishna and behind each of those names there is a divine figure with attributed supremacy in Vaishnavism.

* In the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, Hari is a name of both Krishna or Vishnu meaning " he who steals, or takes away ", referring to how Krishna takes away all distress and anxieties, and lovingly robs the heart of His devotee.

In the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna, an Avatar of Vishnu declared in verse 21, that lust is one of the gates to Naraka or hell.

This name is a Vaishnava name ( a name relating to Lord Krishna / Vishnu or a Gaudiya Vaishnava saint ), and is followed by " Dasa " for men and " Dasi " for women ( both terms mean " servant ").

The two great Hindu Epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata tell the story of two specific incarnations of Vishnu ( Rama and Krishna ).

The ten avatars of Vishnu, ( Clockwise, from Left upper corner ) Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Vamana, Krishna, Kalki, Gautama Buddha in Hinduism | Buddha, Parshurama, Rama and Narasimha, ( in centre ) Krishna

A dasa ( servant ) and also a manifestation of Lord Vishnu, he is said to have manifested in four human forms or Avatars: Lakshmana, brother of Lord Rama, Balarama, brother of Lord Krishna, Ramanuja and Manavala Mamunigal.

The above quote from Bhagavata Purana with the conclusion that therefore Balarama is supposed to be an incarnation of Vishnu, is obviously a misleading interpretation, as it only says that God appeared as Krishna and Balarama.

The Bhagavata Purana never mentions that Vishnu is the origin of Krishna or Balarama.

A little later, it is clearly mentioned in the same chapter of the Bhagavata Purana, that all other incarnations of God are emanations originating in Krishna-and that Krishna, not Vishnu, is the origin of all other forms of God ( ete camsah kalah pumsah krishna stu bhagavan svayam ).

The Hindu God Krishna is traditionally considered a master of the bamboo flute.

These include the epic battle of Mahabharata at Kurukshetra mentioned in the Hindu mythology ( including the recital of the Bhagavad Gita by Krishna ), and the three battles of Panipat.

Although the Indian economy enjoyed a steady rate of growth at 2. 5 % per annum ( mocked by leftist economist Raj Krishna as a " Hindu rate of growth "), chronic unemployment amidst widespread poverty continued to plague the population.

According to some Hindu mythological accounts, the god Krishna obtained the Syamantaka from Jambavanta, whose daughter Jambavati later married Krishna.

* The Marwari New Year is celebrated on the day of the festival of Diwali, which is the last day Krishna Paksha of Ashvin month & also last day of the Ashvin month of Hindu calendar.

* February 2 – Jagadguru Swami Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaja, Hindu teacher ( b. 1884 )

The stories of Krishna appear across a broad spectrum of Hindu philosophical and theological traditions.

Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya ( 12 May 1875 – 11 December 1949 ) was a philosopher at Calcutta University who studied one of the central questions of Hindu philosophy, which is how mind, life or consciousness creates an apparently material universe.

The most prominent of these are Rodnovery, the revival of the Slavic native religion also common to other Slavic nations, forms of autochthonous " Russian Vedism " and Hindu movements such as Krishnaism and the Hare Krishna.

Composer Baird Hersey and his group Prana with Krishna Das ( overtone singing and Hindu mantra ), Canadian songwriter Nathan Rogers has become an adept throat singer and teaches Tuvan Throat Singing in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Some popular Hindu deities and avatars include Krishna, Vishnu, Shiva, Durga, Ganesha, Hanuman, Kali, Murugan, Venkateshwara, Nataraja, Rama, Saraswati, and Lakshmi.

The river Yamuna is also connected to the mythology surrounding the Hindu god Krishna.

The fifth day of holy Shrawan ( श ् र ा वण ) month i. e. Shrawan Krishna Panchami of the Hindu Lunar Calendar is marked as auspicious day for the religious procession, Nrisimha Yatra ( न ृ स िं ह य ा त ् र ा).

* Sree Mandira ( Oriya: ଶ ୍ ର ୀ ମନ ୍ ଦ ି ର ) is a famous Hindu temple dedicated to Jagannath ( Krishna ) and located in the coastal town of Puri in the state of Orissa, India.

In Hindu itihasa or more commonly known as Hindu history, Vasudeva ( Devanagari, IAST ) is the father of Krishna, the son of Shoorsen, of the Yadu and Vrishni dynasties.

Various childhood episodes or Lilas of Krishna, growing in Yashoda's household abound in Hindu religious texts, important amongst them are, Krishna giving darshan to Yashoda with his Vishwaroopa or his Divine Form.

द ् व ा दश ् य ां-द ् व ा dvA ( two ) + दश ् य ां dashya ( tens / 10's ) meaning 12 श ु क ् ल-पक ् षस ् य-श ु क ् ल Shukla ( bright ) + पक ् षस ् य ( pakshaya ) parts ( the first part of the moon cycle ) + म ा धव े madhva is Hindu month of Vaishakha April / May + म ा स ि masi ( month of ) + म ा धवम ् madhavam it is a point of reference to Lord Krishna. Alternativelyद ् व ा दश ् य ां-द ् व ा dvA ( two ) + दश ् य ां dashya ( tens / 10's ) meaning 12 श ु क ् ल-पक ् षस ् य-श ु क ् ल Shukla ( bright ) + पक ् षस ् य ( pakshaya ) parts ( the first part of the moon cycle ) + म ा धव े madhva is hindu month of Vaishakha ( First day of Chaitra is when Lord Brahma created the universe, Hindu new year starts ) March / April + म ा स ि masi ( month of ) + म ा धवम ् Lord Krishna ( as Kalki ) arrived.