Krishna
Krishna is an important God (Param Brahma) in Hinduism. He is considered to have been an avatar of Vishnu. Krishna is believed to have been a real being who took part in the war known as the Mahabharata. He is a central character in the important Hindu scripture the Bhagavad Gita. Krishna belonged to a nomadic tribe of Abhiras known as Sāttvatas who inhabited the country (Surasena Janapad) near Mathura.[1] These Sāttvatas or more properly the Yadavas of whom they were a branch were mentioned by Panini.[2] Hindu often consider him a warrior, hero, teacher and philosopher and a great leader. He defeated the cruel Abhira King Kansa,[3] who putted his mother, Devāki and her consort Vasudevā to jail.
Krishna Media
Vāsudeva-Krishna, on a coin of Agathocles of Bactria, c. 180 BCE. This is "the earliest unambiguous image" of the deity. Heliodorus Pillar in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, erected about 120 BCE. The inscription states that Heliodorus is a Bhagvatena, and a couplet in the inscription closely paraphrases a Sanskrit verse from the Mahabharata.
Balarama and Krishna with their attributes at Chilas. The Kharoshthi inscription nearby reads Rama [kri]ṣa. 1st century CE.
Krishna with cows, herdsmen, and Gopis.
Krishna and Balarama Studying with the Brahman Sandipani (Bhagavata Purana, 1525–1550 CE print).
References
- ↑ Śrīvāstava, Muralīdhara (1979). Madhyadeśa kī bhāshika paramparā (in हिन्दी). Anupama Prakāśana.
- ↑ Mitra, Khagendranath (1952). The Dynamics of Faith: Comparative Religion. University of Calcutta.
Krishna belongs to a nomadic tribe of Abhiras known as Sāttvatas who inhabited the country near Mathura. These Sāttvatas or more properly the Yadavas of whom they were a branch were mentioned by Panini.
- ↑ Tivārī, Śaśi (1969). Sūra ke Kr̥shṇa: eka anuśīlana (in हिन्दी). Milinda Prakāśana.