Bala Krishna, the Glossary
Bala Krishna (translit).[1]
Table of Contents
52 relations: A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Aghasura, Arthashastra, Asura, Bakasura (crane demon), Balarama, Bhagavad Gita, Bhagavata Purana, Bhagavata Sampradaya, Birth of Krishna, Braj, Chanakya, Devaki, Diya (lamp), Dvārakā, Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Gokul, Gopala-Krishna, Gopuram, Guru, Hampi, Hinduism, Hindus, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Kamsa, Krishna, Krishnadevaraya, Krishnaism, Kubera, Maṇibhadra, Madhvacharya, Mathura, Megasthenes, Murti, Nalakuvara, Nanda (Hinduism), Narada, New York City, Puranas, Putana, Radha, Radha Krishna, Rukmini, Shiva, Svayam Bhagavan, Terminalia arjuna, Udupi Sri Krishna Matha, Vaishnavism, Vasudeva, Vāsudeva, ... Expand index (2 more) »
- Forms of Krishna
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A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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Aghasura
Aghasura (Sanskrit: अघासुर) is an asura featured in Hindu literature, most notably in the Bhagavata Purana.
Arthashastra
The Arthashastra (अर्थशास्त्रम्) is an Ancient Indian Sanskrit treatise on statecraft, political science, economic policy and military strategy.
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Asura
Asuras are a class of beings in Indian religions.
Bakasura (crane demon)
Bakasura (Sanskrit: बकासुर, IAST: Bakāsura) or Vakasura is the crane asura killed by the Hindu god Krishna.
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Balarama
Balarama (बलराम) is a Hindu god, and the elder brother of Krishna.
Bhagavad Gita
The Bhagavad Gita (translit-std), often referred to as the Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture, which is part of the epic Mahabharata.
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Bhagavata Purana
The Bhagavata Purana (भागवतपुराण), also known as the Srimad Bhagavatam (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam), Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana or simply Bhagavata (Bhāgavata), is one of Hinduism's eighteen great Puranas (Mahapuranas).
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Bhagavata Sampradaya
The Bhagavata (Sanskrit: भागवत, romanised: Bhāgavata) tradition, also called Bhagavatism, refers to an ancient religious sect that traced its origin to the region of Mathura. Bala Krishna and Bhagavata Sampradaya are Vaishnavism.
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Birth of Krishna
According to Hindu scriptures such as the Mahabharata, Harivamsa, and the Krishna Charitas, the birth of Krishna took place in Mathura, in present-day Uttar Pradesh, on the eighth day of the Krishna Paksha of the Bhadrapada month of the Hindu calendar, to Vasudeva Anakdundubhi, and his wife Devaki.
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Braj
Braj, also known as Vraj, Vraja, Brij or Brijbhumi, is a region in India on both sides of the Yamuna river with its centre at Mathura-Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh state encompassing the area which also includes Palwal, Ballabhgarh and Nuh in Haryana state, Deeg, Bharatpur, Karauli, and Dholpur in Rajasthan state and Morena District in Madhya Pradesh.
Chanakya
Chanakya (ISO:,; 375–283 BCE) was an ancient Indian polymath who was active as a teacher, author, strategist, philosopher, economist, jurist, and politician.
Devaki
Devaki (Sanskrit: देवकी, IAST: Devakī) is a character in Hindu literature, most noted for being the mother of the god Krishna.
Diya (lamp)
A diya, diyo, deya, deeya, dia, divaa, deepa, deepam, deep, deepak or saaki is an oil lamp made from clay or mud with a cotton wick dipped in oil or ghee.
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Dvārakā
Dvārakā, also known as Dvāravatī (Sanskrit द्वारका "the gated ", possibly meaning having many gates, or alternatively having one or several very grand gates), is a sacred historic city in the sacred literature of Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism.
Gaudiya Vaishnavism
Gaudiya Vaishnavism, also known as Chaitanya Vaishnavism, is a Vaishnava Hindu religious movement inspired by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486–1534) in India.
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Gokul
Gokul is a town in the Mathura district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Gopala-Krishna
Gopala Krishna (lit) refers to a form of the Hindu deity Krishna, as featured in the Harivamsha and the Puranas. Bala Krishna and Gopala-Krishna are forms of Krishna.
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Gopuram
A gopuram or gopura (Tamil: கோபுரம், Telugu: గోపురం, Kannada: ಗೋಪುರ) is a monumental entrance tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of a Hindu temple, in the South Indian architecture of the southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, and Telangana, and Sri Lanka.
Guru
Guru (गुरु; IAST: guru; Pali: garu) is a Sanskrit term for a "mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field.
Hampi
Hampi or Hampe, also referred to as the Group of Monuments at Hampi, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Hampi (City), Ballari district now Vijayanagara district, east-central Karnataka, India.
Hinduism
Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.
Hindus
Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.
International Society for Krishna Consciousness
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), known colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindu religious organization.
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Kamsa
Kamsa (कंस) was the tyrant ruler of the Vrishni kingdom, with its capital at Mathura.
Krishna
Krishna (Sanskrit: कृष्ण) is a major deity in Hinduism. Bala Krishna and Krishna are Vaishnavism.
Krishnadevaraya
Krishnadevaraya (17 January 1471 — 17 October 1529) was an emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire reigning from 1509 to 1529.
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Krishnaism
Krishnaism is a term used in scholarly circles to describe large group of independent Hindu traditions—sampradayas related to Vaishnavism—that center on the devotion to Krishna as Svayam Bhagavan, Ishvara, Para Brahman, who is the source of all reality, not simply an avatar of Vishnu. Bala Krishna and Krishnaism are Vaishnavism.
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Kubera
Kubera (कुबेर) also known as Kuvera, Kuber and Kuberan, is the god of wealth, and the god-king of the semi-divine yakshas in Hinduism.
Maṇibhadra
Maṇibhadra (Sanskrit) is one of the major yakshas.
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Madhvacharya
Madhvacharya (1199–1278 CE or 1238–1317 CE), also known as Purna Prajna and Ānanda Tīrtha, was an Indian philosopher, theologian and the chief proponent of the Dvaita (dualism) school of Vedanta. Bala Krishna and Madhvacharya are Vaishnavism.
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Mathura
Mathura is a city and the administrative headquarters of Mathura district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Megasthenes
Megasthenes (Μεγασθένης, died 290 BCE) was an ancient Greek historian, diplomat, ethnographer and explorer in the Hellenistic period.
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Murti
In the Hindu tradition, a murti (mūrti) is a devotional image, such as a statue or icon, of a deity or saint used during puja and/or in other customary forms of actively expressing devotion or reverence - whether at Hindu temples or shrines.
Nalakuvara
Nalakuvara, also known as Nalakubara, appears in Hindu and Buddhist mythology as the brother of Manigriva (also known as Manibhadra), the son of the yaksha king Kubera (also known as Vaishravana), and husband of Rambha and Ratnamala.
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Nanda (Hinduism)
Nanda is a cow-herd chief, and the foster-father of Krishna, featured in the Harivamsha and the Puranas.
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Narada
Narada (नारद), or Narada Muni, is a sage-divinity, famous in Hindu traditions as a travelling musician and storyteller, who carries news and enlightening wisdom.
New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Puranas
Puranas (पुराण||ancient, old (1995 Edition), Article on Puranas,, page 915) are a vast genre of Hindu literature about a wide range of topics, particularly about legends and other traditional lore.
Putana
In Hinduism, Pūtanā is a rakshasi (demoness), who was killed by the infant-god Krishna.
Radha
Radha (राधा), also called Radhika, is a Hindu goddess and the chief consort of the god Krishna. She is the goddess of love, tenderness, compassion and devotion. In scriptures, Radha is mentioned as the avatar of Lakshmi and also as the Mūlaprakriti, the Supreme goddess, who is the feminine counterpart and internal potency (hladini shakti) of Krishna.
Radha Krishna
Radha-Krishna (IAST, राधा कृष्ण) is the combined form of the Hindu god Krishna with his chief consort and shakti Radha. Bala Krishna and Radha Krishna are forms of Krishna and Vaishnavism.
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Rukmini
Rukmini (lit) is a Hindu goddess and the first queen of Krishna.
Shiva
Shiva (lit), also known as Mahadeva (Category:Trimurti Category:Wisdom gods Category:Time and fate gods Category:Indian yogis.
Svayam Bhagavan
Svayam Bhagavan (roughly: "God Itself") is a Sanskrit concept in Hinduism, referring to the absolute representation of Bhagavan (the title "Lord" or "God") as the Supreme God in a monotheistic framework. Bala Krishna and Svayam Bhagavan are Vaishnavism.
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Terminalia arjuna
Terminalia arjuna is a tree of the genus Terminalia.
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Udupi Sri Krishna Matha
Udupi Shri Krishna Temple is a well-known historic Hindu temple dedicated to Krishna and Dvaita Matha located in the city of Udupi in Karnataka, India.
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Vaishnavism
Vaishnavism (translit-std) is one of the major Hindu denominations along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism.
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Vasudeva
Vasudeva (Sanskrit: वसुदेव, IAST: Vasudeva), also called Anakadundubhi (anakas and dundubhis both refer to drums, after the musicians who played these instruments at the time of his birth), is the father of the Hindu deities Krishna (Vāsudeva, i.e. "son of Vasudeva"), Balarama, and Subhadra.
Vāsudeva
Vāsudeva (वासुदेव), later incorporated as Vāsudeva-Krishna ("Krishna, son of Vasudeva"),"While the earliest piece of evidence do not yet use the name Krsna...." in At the time of the Heliodorus pillar dedication to Vāsudeva in 115 BCE: "The real question, however, remains: was Vãsudeva already identified with Krsna?" Krishna-Vāsudeva or simply Krishna, was the son of Vasudeva Anakadundubhi, king of the Vrishnis in the region of Mathura. Bala Krishna and Vāsudeva are forms of Krishna.
Vijayanagara
Vijayanagara was a city at the modern location of Hampi, in the Indian state of Karnataka.
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Yashoda
Yashoda (यशोदा) is the foster-mother of Krishna and the wife of Nanda.
See also
Forms of Krishna
- Bala Krishna
- Bir Kuar
- Gopala-Krishna
- Gopinath (Krishna)
- Govardhana Shila
- Jagannath
- Madanamohana
- Madhava (Vishnu)
- Nara-Narayana
- Navagunjara
- Neela Madhava
- Para-Vasudeva
- Purushottama
- Radha Krishna
- Radha Ramana
- Sarathi (name of Krishna)
- Shrinathji
- Vishvarupa
- Vithoba
- Vāsudeva
Hinduism and children
- Bala Krishna
- Kumari (goddess)
- Upanayana
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bala_Krishna
Also known as Baby Krishna, Bal Krishna, Bala Gopala, Bala-Krishna, Balakrishna, Balakrishnan, Cult of Bala Krishna, Cult of Bala-Krishna, Lal Krishna.
, Vijayanagara, Yashoda.