Krishna

Hindu · deity · heroic age · deity

Eighth avatara of Vishnu, divine cowherd and statesman, speaker of the Bhagavad Gita

Parentage

Domains

divine incarnation
love
statecraft

Powers

Reveal the universal cosmic form encompassing all worlds
Lift a mountain on one finger to shelter the herders
Counsel and drive the chariot at Kurukshetra

Epithets

गोविन्द
गोपाल
केशव
मुरारि
माधव
गिरिधर

Relations

enemy: Kamsa
half sibling: Subhadra

Sources

Mahabharata
Bhagavata Purana

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