108 Names of Lord Krishna

108 Names of Lord Krishna

NAMES MEANING
Achala = Still Lord
Achyuta = Infallible Lord
Adbhutah = Wonderful God
Adidev = The Lord Of The Lords
Aditya = The Son Of Aditi
Ajanma = One Who Is Limitless And Endless
Ajaya = The Conqueror Of Life And Death
Akshara = Indestructible Lord
Amrut = One Who Is Sweet As Nectar
Anaadih = One Who Is The First Cause
Anandsagar = Compassionate Lord
Ananta = The Endless Lord
Anantajit = Ever Victorious Lord
Anaya = One Who Has No Leader
Aniruddha = One Who Cannot Be Obstructed
Aparajeet = The Lord Who Cannot Be Defeated
Avyukta = One Who Is As Clear As Crystal
Balgopal = The Child Krishna, The All Attractive
Bali = The Lord Of Strength
Chaturbhuj = Four-Armed Lord
Danavendra = Granter Of Boons
Dayalu = Repositiory Of Compassion
Dayanidhi = The Compassionate Lord
Devadidev = The God Of The Gods
Devakinandan = Son Of Mother Devaki
Devesh = Lord Of The Lords
Dharmadhyaksha = The Lord OF Dharma
Dwarkapati = Lord Of Dwarka
Gopal = One Who Plays With The Cowherds, The Gopas
Gopalpriya = Lover Of Cowherds
Govinda = One Who Pleases The Cows, The Land And The Entire Nature
Gyaneshwar = The Lord Of Knowledge
Hari = The Lord Of Nature
Hiranyagarbha = The All Powerful Creator
Hrishikesh = The Lord Of All Senses
Jagadguru = Preceptor Of The Universe
Jagadisha = Protector Of All
Jagannath = Lord Of The Universe
Janardhana = One Who Bestows Boons On One And All
Jayantah = Conqueror Of All Enemies
Jyotiraaditya = The Resplendence Of The Sun
Kamalnath = The Lord Of Goddess Lakshmi
Kamalnayan = The Lord With Lotus Shaped Eyes
Kamsantak = Slayer Of Kamsa
Kanjalochana = The Lotus-Eyed God
Keshava = One Who Has Long, Black Matted Locks
Krishna = Dark-Complexioned Lord
Lakshmikantam = The Lord Of Goddess Lakshmi
Lokadhyaksha = Lord Of All The Three Lokas (Worlds)
Madan = The Lord Of Love
Madhava = Knowledge Filled God
Madhusudan = Slayer Of Demon Madhu
Mahendra = Lord Of Indra
Manmohan = All Pleasing Lord
Manohar = Beautiful Lord
Mayur = The Lord Who Has A Peacock Feathered-Crest
Mohan = All Attractive God
Murali = The Flute Playing Lord
Murlidhar = One Who Holds The Flute
Murlimanohar = The Flute Playing God
Nandgopala = The Son Of Nand
Narayana = The Refuge Of Everyone
Niranjana = The Unblemished Lord
Nirguna = Without Any Properties
Padmahasta = One Who Has Hands Like Lotus
Padmanabha = The Lord Who Has A Lotus Shaped Navel
Parabrahmana = The Supreme Absolute Truth
Paramatma = Lord Of All Beings
Parampurush = Supreme Personality
Parthasarthi = Charioteer Of Partha - Arjuna
Prajapati = Lord Of All Creatures
Punyah = Supremely Pure
Purshottam = The Supreme Soul
Ravilochana = One Who Eye Is The Sun
Sahasraakash = Thousand-Eyed Lord
Sahasrajit = One Who Vanquishes Thousands
Sahasrapaat = Thousand-Footed Lord
Sakshi = All Witnessing Lord
Sanatana = The Eternal Lord
Sarvajana = Omniscient Lord
Sarvapalaka = Protector Of All
Sarveshwar = Lord Of All Gods
Satyavachana = One Who Speaks Only The Truth
Satyavrata = The Truth Dedicated Lord
Shantah = Peaceful Lord
Shreshta = The Most Glorious Lord
Shrikanta = Beautiful Lord
Shyam = Dark-Complexioned Lord
Shyamsundara = Lord Of The Beautiful Evenings
Sudarshana = Handsome Lord
Sumedha = Intelligent Lord
Suresham = Lord Of All Demi-Gods
Swargapati = Lord Of Heavens
Trivikrama = Conqueror Of All The Three Worlds
Upendra = Brother Of Indra
Vaikunthanatha = Lord Of Vaikuntha, The Heavenly Abode
Vardhamaanah = The Formless Lord
Vasudev = All Prevailing Lord
Vishnu = All Prevailing Lord
Vishwadakshinah = Skilfull And Efficient Lord
Vishwakarma = Creator Of The Universe
Vishwamurti = Of The Form Of The Entire Universe
Vishwarupa = One Who Displays The Universal Form
Vishwatma = Soul Of The Universe
Vrishaparvaa = Lord Of Dharma
Yadavendra = King Of The Yadav Clan
Yogi = The Supreme Master
Yoginampati = Lord Of The Yogis

Krishna’s devotees have given the other names to Lord Krishna. There are other lists of the names of Lord Krishna with their meaning.

¨ Achala - The still one
¨ Achyuta - Perfect
¨ Banke Bihari - corrupt form of Van Ke Vihari which means one who loves to sport in the forests particularly Vrindavan
¨ Bihari - One who plays
¨ Brajesh - Lord of Braja
¨ Chakradhari - the bearer of a discus (chakra)
¨ Damodara - the Lord when He was tied with a string (dama) round His waist (udara)
¨ Dinabandu - Friend of the afflicted
¨ Dinanatha - Refuge of destitutes
¨ Dwarakadisha - Lord of Dwaraka
¨ Dwarakanatha - Lord of Dwaraka
¨ Ghanshyama - Dark rain cloud complexioned one
¨ Giridhari - he who lifted a hill (Govardhana hill)
¨ Gopala - cowherd; protector of cows (more accurately protector of life)
¨ Gopinatha - Lord of the gopis, or cowherd women.
¨ Govinda - protector of cows; also connected with Govardhana hill; see also other meanings.
¨ Guruvayoorappan - Lord of the temple Guruvayur.
¨ Hari - one who takes away the yellow one (the colour of the sun); Hare Krishna is the vocative
¨ Ishvara - god
¨ Hrshikesha - 'lord of the senses'

¨ Jagannatha - lord of all places (see also Juggernaut)
¨ Janardhana - One Who Bestows Boons On One And All
¨ Kaladeva - the black deity
¨ Kanha or Kanhaiya
¨ Keshava – long haired, beautiful haired; see also other meanings
¨ Madhava - bringer of springtime
¨ Madhusudanah - killer of demon Madhu
¨ Morari - killer of the asura named Mora
¨ Mukhilan- The one with the complexion similar to the rain clouds
¨ Mukund- He who gives you mukti
¨ Nanda Gopala
¨ Nanda Lal - Beloved of Nanda
¨ Panduranga
¨ Parambrahman the highest Brahman
¨ Parameshvara the highest Ishvara, the highest god
¨ Parthasarathy - charioteer of Partha, another name of Arjuna, a reference to his role with regard to Arjuna in the great battle
¨ Patitapavana - Purifier of the fallen
¨ Radha Vallabha - lover of Radha
¨ Ranchhodrai - When he refused to fight the war and fled to Dwarka for the sake of peace. Dakor, Gujarat has a popular temple of Ranchhodraiji. Ran - Field, Chhod - leave.
¨ Shyamasundara - the beautiful, dark one
¨ Vāsudeva, Krishna Vasudeva - son of Vasudeva
¨ Yadhunandana - Son of the Yadu dynasty
¨ Yogeshwara - the Lord of the Yogis
¨ Yashoda Nandana – child of Yashoda

Names of Lord Krishna, Fabulous ( Mythological ) Names
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