See also:

• KRISHNA (the Dark One)

KRISHNA (the Dark One)  , an incarnation of See also:

• VISHNU (Sanskrit, " the worker," from root vish, "to work ")

Vishnu, or rather the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form in which Vishnu himself is the most popular See also:

• OBJECT

object of See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship throughout See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . In origin, See also:

• KRISHNA (the Dark One)

Krishna, like Rama, was undoubtedly a deified See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero of the Kshatriya See also:

• CASTE (through the Fr. from Span. and Port. casta, lineage, Lat. cast us, pure)

caste . In the older framework of the Mahabharata he appears as a See also:

• GREAT

great chieftain and ally of the Pandava See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers; and it is only in the interpolated See also:

• EPISODE

episode of the Bhagavad-gita that he is identified with Vishnu and becomes the revealer of the See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine of bhakti or religious devotion . Of still later date are the popular developments of the See also:

• MODERN

modern cult of Krishna associated with Radha, as found in the Vishnu Purana . Here he is represented as the son of a See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king saved from a slaughter of the innocents, brought up by a cowherd, sporting with the See also:

• MILK (0. Eng. meoluc; from a common Indo-European root, cf. Lat. mulgere, Gr. ?t dXyetv)

milk-maids, and performing miraculous feats in his childhood . The See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene is laid in the neighbourhood of See also:

• MUTTRA, or MATHURA

Muttra, on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• JUMNA, or JAMUNA

Jumna, where the whole See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country to the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day is See also:

• HOLY

holy ground . Another See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place associated with incidents of his later See also:

• LIFE

life is Dwarka, the westernmost point in the See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula of See also:

• KATHIAWAR, or KATTYWAR

Kathiawar . The two most famous preachers of Krishna-worship and founders of sects in his See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour were Vallabha and Chaitanya, both See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born towards the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . The followers of the former are now found chiefly in See also:

• RAJPUTANA

Rajputana and See also:

• GUJARAT

Gujarat . They are known as Vallabhacharyas, and their gosains or high priests as maharajas, to whom semi-divine honours are paid . The licentious practices of this See also:

• SECT

sect were exposed in a lawsuit before the high See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court at Bombay in 1862 . Chaitanya was the Vaishnav reformer of See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal, with his See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home at Nadiya .

A third influential Krishna-preacher of the loth century was Swami Narayan, who was encountered by See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

Bishop See also:

• HEBER, REGINALD (1783-1826)
• HEBER, RICHARD (1773-1833)

Heber in Gujarat, where his followers at this day are numerous and wealthy . Among the names of Krishna are Go See also:

• PAL, KRISTO DAS (1839–1884)

pal, the cow-See also:

• HERD (a word common to Teutonic languages; the O. Eng. form was heord; cf. Ger. Herde, Swed. and Dan. hjord; the Sans. ca'rdhas, which shows the pre-Teutonic form, means a troop)

herd; Gopinath, the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord of the milkmaids; and Mathuranalh, the lord of Muttra . His legitimate See also:

• CONSORT (Lat. consors, a companion)

consort was Rukmini, daughter of the king of See also:

• BERAR

Berar; but Radha is always associated with him in his temples .