Krishna

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Hindu deity avatar of Vishnu mythological figure

Krishna is a major Hindu deity revered as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and celebrated for his roles as a divine lover, charioteer, and teacher in texts like the Bhagavad Gita and the Mahabharata.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lord Krishna	2
Bhagavan Vishnu (as Krishna)	1
Hindu deity Krishna	1
Krishna (Hindu deity)	1
Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead	1
Svayam Bhagavan in some traditions	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu deity ⓘ avatar of Vishnu ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ
associatedClan	Yadava ⓘ
associatedDynasty	Yadu dynasty ⓘ
associatedFigure	Radha ⓘ
associatedMovement	Vaishnavism ⓘ surface form: Gaudiya Vaishnavism International Society for Krishna Consciousness ⓘ
associatedWithPhilosophy	Bhagavad Gita teachings ⓘ Bhakti yoga ⓘ Vedanta ⓘ surface form: Jnana yoga Karma yoga ⓘ
avatarNumber	eighth avatar of Vishnu ⓘ
birthPlace	Mathura ⓘ
centralText	Bhagavad Gita ⓘ Puranas ⓘ surface form: Bhagavata Purana Mahabharata ⓘ surface form: Harivamsa Mahabharata ⓘ
consort	Jambavati ⓘ Rukmini ⓘ Satyabhama ⓘ
depictedWith	Arjuna ⓘ surface form: Arjuna on a chariot cowherd companions ⓘ cows ⓘ gopis ⓘ
festival	Holi ⓘ Janmashtami ⓘ
fosterParents	Nanda ⓘ Yashoda ⓘ
knownFor	Rasa Lila with the gopis ⓘ childhood pranks in Vrindavan ⓘ guiding the Pandavas ⓘ lifting Govardhan Hill ⓘ playing the flute ⓘ slaying the tyrant Kamsa ⓘ teaching Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra ⓘ
languageOfPrimaryScriptures	Sanskrit ⓘ
laterResidence	Dwarka ⓘ
parents	Devaki ⓘ Vishnu ⓘ surface form: Vasudeva
positionInHinduTrimurtiContext	associated with Vishnu ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
role	charioteer ⓘ divine lover ⓘ teacher ⓘ
symbol	flute ⓘ peacock feather ⓘ
upbringingPlace	Gokul ⓘ Vrindavan ⓘ
weapon	Sudarshana Chakra ⓘ
worshippedAs	Supreme God in Vaishnavism ⓘ Krishna self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Svayam Bhagavan in some traditions

Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Diwali → associatedDeity → Krishna ⓘ

Moksha Sannyasa Yoga → associatedDeity → Krishna ⓘ

Dwarkadhish Temple → associatedWith → Krishna ⓘ

Kurukshetra battlefield → associatedWith → Krishna ⓘ

Braj → associatedWithDeity → Krishna ⓘ

Holi → associatedWithDeity → Krishna ⓘ

Indian peafowl → associatedWithDeity → Krishna ⓘ

Yamuna → associatedWithDeity → Krishna ⓘ

Vishnu → avatar → Krishna ⓘ

Arjuna Vishada Yoga → centralCharacter → Krishna ⓘ

Vaishnavism → centralDeity → Krishna ⓘ

Arjuna → charioteerInKurukshetraWar → Krishna ⓘ

Sudama (in Hindu tradition) → childhoodFriendOf → Krishna ⓘ

subject surface form: Sudama

Arjuna → closeCompanion → Krishna ⓘ

Jamuna → culturalAssociation → Krishna ⓘ

Banke Bihari Temple → dedicatedTo → Krishna ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Krishna

Dwarkadhish Temple → dedicatedTo → Krishna ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Krishna

Swami Prabhupada → devoteeOf → Krishna ⓘ

Eknath → devotionTo → Krishna ⓘ

Arjuna → guidedBy → Krishna ⓘ

Hinduism → hasDeity → Krishna ⓘ

Kurukshetra battlefield → hasDeityAssociation → Krishna ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bhagavan Vishnu (as Krishna)

Sudama (in Hindu tradition) → hasFriend → Krishna ⓘ

subject surface form: Sudama

Janmashtami → honors → Krishna ⓘ

Vaishnavism → honorsAvatar → Krishna ⓘ

Mathura → isAssociatedWithDeity → Krishna ⓘ

Mahabharata → mainCharacters → Krishna ⓘ

Kistna River → namedAfter → Krishna ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hindu deity Krishna

Krishna → namedAfter → Krishna ⓘ

subject surface form: Krishna River

this entity surface form: Krishna (Hindu deity)

Swami Prabhupada → notableWork → Krishna ⓘ

this entity surface form: Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

Dwarkadhish Temple → primaryDeity → Krishna ⓘ

Vrindavan → primaryDeity → Krishna ⓘ

Bhagavad Gita → primarySpeaker → Krishna ⓘ

Moksha Sannyasa Yoga → primarySpeaker → Krishna ⓘ

Sankhya Yoga → primarySpeaker → Krishna ⓘ

Sudama (in Hindu tradition) → receivesGraceFrom → Krishna ⓘ

subject surface form: Sudama

Baha'i Faith → recognizesFigure → Krishna ⓘ

subject surface form: Bahá'í Faith

Dnyaneshwari → religiousFigureDepicted → Krishna ⓘ

Arjuna → teacher → Krishna ⓘ

Krishna → worshippedAs → Krishna self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Svayam Bhagavan in some traditions

Namdev → worshippedDeity → Krishna ⓘ