Krishna leela

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Hindu devotional theme Vaishnava theological concept religious narrative tradition

Krishna leela refers to the collection of divine childhood and youthful exploits of Lord Krishna, celebrated in Hindu tradition for their spiritual symbolism, devotion, and moral teachings.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Govardhan lila 1
Krishna Leela 1
Krishna Lila series 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu devotional theme ⓘ
Vaishnava theological concept ⓘ
religious narrative tradition ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithTradition Vaishnavism NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralLocation Gokul NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mathura NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vrindavan NERFINISHED ⓘ
devotionalForm bhajan ⓘ
classical dance ⓘ
folk theatre ⓘ
katha ⓘ
kirtan ⓘ
emphasizesRelationship Krishna and Balarama NERFINISHED ⓘ
Krishna and Nanda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Krishna and Radha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Krishna and Yashoda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Krishna and gopis ⓘ
hasAspect childhood exploits of Krishna ⓘ
youthful exploits of Krishna ⓘ
hasTheme bhakti ⓘ
devotional love ⓘ
dharma ⓘ
divine play ⓘ
moral teachings ⓘ
spiritual symbolism ⓘ
victory of good over evil ⓘ
importantFor cultivation of bhakti ⓘ
moral education of children ⓘ
theological reflection on Krishna’s divinity ⓘ
includesEpisode Aghasura vadha leela NERFINISHED ⓘ
Govardhan leela NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kaliya mardana leela NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kesi vadha leela NERFINISHED ⓘ
Krishna janma leela ⓘ
Makhan chori leela NERFINISHED ⓘ
Putana vadha leela ⓘ
Rasa dance with gopis ⓘ
Rasa leela NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shakatasura vadha leela ⓘ
Trinavarta vadha leela NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vatsasura vadha leela NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yashoda binding Krishna to mortar (Damodara leela) NERFINISHED ⓘ
butter stealing episodes ⓘ
lifting of Govardhan Hill ⓘ
stealing of gopis’ clothes ⓘ
inspiredBy life of Krishna ⓘ
languageOfMajorTexts Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ
narratedIn Bhagavata Purana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brahma Vaivarta Purana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Garga Samhita NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harivamsa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vishnu Purana NERFINISHED ⓘ
performedAs Bharatanatyam dance repertoire ⓘ
Kathak dance repertoire ⓘ
Odissi dance repertoire ⓘ
Raslila theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
viewedAs manifestation of divine play (lila) ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Rukmini Devi Temple → associatedWith → Krishna leela ⓘ
this entity surface form: Krishna–Rukmini legends
Vraja Mandala → associatedWithConcept → Krishna leela ⓘ
this entity surface form: Krishna lila
Vraja Mandala → associatedWithEvent → Krishna leela ⓘ
this entity surface form: Govardhan lila
Vraja Mandala → associatedWithEvent → Krishna leela ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yamuna pastimes of Krishna
Yamuna ghats → linkedMythology → Krishna leela ⓘ
this entity surface form: Krishna’s boat and water pastimes
murti of Krishna → mayDepict → Krishna leela ⓘ
this entity surface form: butter-thief Krishna (Makhan Chor)
Kaliya Ghat → mythologicalContext → Krishna leela ⓘ
Abanindranath Tagore → notableWork → Krishna leela ⓘ
this entity surface form: Krishna Lila series
Pattachitra painting → typicalTheme → Krishna leela ⓘ
this entity surface form: Krishna Leela