Guest guest Posted December 17, 2000 Report Share Posted December 17, 2000 Forwarding with thanks to the Author Sri Gopi Krishna... Gopi Krishna [gopi] Wednesday, December 13, 2000 7:58 AM vivekananda; Ramakrishna [ramakrishna] Re: Gita Poojya Sriman, Pranams. Whatever I could cull out the meanings of the names of Lord Krishna and Bhakta Arjuna, I am giving them hereunder. KRISHNA The names of Lord Sri Krishna used in Bhagavad Gita are Achyutha, Anantha, Aprathiprabhava, Arisudana, Adya, Bhagavan, Janardana, Deva, Devadeva, Devavara, Devesa, Parameswara, Purushottama, Prabhu, Bhagavantha, Kamalapatraksha, Krishna, Kesava, Bhuthabhavana, Bhuthesa, Madhusudana, Mahathma, Mahabahu. Madhava, Yadava, Yogi, Yogeswara, Ksanishoodana, Govinda, Jagatpathi, Jagannivasa, Varshneya, Vasudeva, Viswamurthi, Visweswara, Vishnu, Sarva, Sahasrabahu, Hrishikesa. 1. Achyutha means He who does not deviate from His divine glory or nature. 2. Anantha means He who does not have any limit, beyond one's imagination. 3. Arisuda means He who destroys the enemies. 4. Janardana means He who is worshipped by people for prosperity and emancipation or He who is adored by devotees for fulfilment of their desires. 5. Bhagavan means He who is endowed with power, virtue, fame, glory, detachment and freedom. 6. Govinda means Go means the living being and Vinda means the knower thereof. The knower of the destiny of beings or the knowner of the Jivatman. 7. Hrishikesa means the Lord of the mind and the senses. 8. Jagannivasa means the abode of the universe. 9. Kesava has three meanings. 1. Destroyer of the demon Kesin. 2. He who has beautiful hair on the head. 3. K means Brahma, the Creator, A means Vishnu and Isa means Rudra. He who is embodiment of the Vedic Trinity. 10. Krishna also has three meanings 1. He who is dark in colour indicataing His infinitude. 2. Krish means existence and na means bliss. He who is existence, knowledge and bliss inKrishna. 3. He who saves devotees from distress. It means He is the remover of sin and He who is Brahman. 11. Madhava is one of the thousand names attributed to Vishnu, the preserving phase of Brahman. Ma is Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity and Dhava is the groom or the owner thereof. The Lord of Lakshmi. 12. Madhusudana means He who destroyed the demon named Madhu. 13. Purushottama means the Supreme Person. 14. Varshneya means He who belongs to the Vrshni clan. 15. Vasudeva means the son of Vasudeva. The Immanent in all. 16. Vishnu means the all pervading One. 17. Yadava means He who comes from the Yadava clan. 18. Yogeswara means the Lord of Yoga. The meanings of other names like Bhuthesa, Mahabahu, Mahathma, Jagatpathi, Viswamurthi, Visweswara, Sarva, Sahasrabahu, Parameswara, Devesa, Devadeva, etc. are clear and I think no need to give meanings for them. ARJUNA The names of Arjuna, as used in Bhagavad Gita, are Anagha, Anusooya, Arjuna, Kapidhwaja, Kiriti, Kurupraveera, Kurunanda, Kurushresta, Kurusattama, Kauntheya, Gudakesha, Tata, Dehabhruthamvara, Dhanamjaya, Paranthava, Pandava, Partha, Purusharshabha, Bharatharshabha, Bharatashresta, Bharatasattama, Bharata, Mahabaahu and Savyasaachi. 1. Arjuna means the pure in nature. 2.3.4. Bharatarshabha, Bharatasattama and Bharatasreshta means the best of Bharatas. 5. Dhananjaya means the conqueror of wealth. 6. Gudakesa means the conqueror of sleep or the one who has control over sleep. 7.Kapidhwaja means He whose ensign is a monkey. 8. Kaunteya means the son of Kunti. 9. Kiriti means He who has a diadem. 10. Kurunandana means the joy of the Kurus. 11. Kurushreshta means the best of the Kurus. 12. Mahabahu means the mighty armed. 13. Pandava means the won of Pandu. 14. Partha means the son of Pritha, Kunti. 15. Parantapa means the scorcher of foes. 16. Purushavyaghra means the tiger of men. 17. Savyasachi means He who could shoot arrows with the lift hand also. 18. Anagha means the sinless. There are a few more names, whose meaning need to be explained. As and when I get them by HIS blessings, I will do so. Om Srikrishnaarpanamasthu. Pranams Gopi. P. Gopi Krishna South Asia Multidisciplinary Advisory Team (SAAT) International Labour Organisation (ILO) Third Floor, Theatre Court India Habitat Centre Lodhi Road New Delhi - 110 003 India Off. Tel. No. 00.91.11.4602101, 02, 03, 06 & 07. Res. Tel. No. 00.91.11.2621814 Fax No. 00.91.11.4647973 & 4602111 e-mail: gopi >>> "Vivekananda Centre" <vivekananda 12/12 12:18 AM >>> The following mesg recd: "Gopi Krishna" <gopi (I request him to give the meanings of all names of Krishna and Arjuna used in the Gita............. jay) Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah Vivekananda Centre London http://www.vivekananda.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2000 Report Share Posted December 17, 2000 Namaste. Bhagavan: In Sri Adi Sankara's commetary to Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Chapter III's last Bhagavan has got many interpretations. Apart from the regular ones Sri Sankara says that Bhagavan is one who has the complete knowledge of knowledge and complete knowledge of ignorance. Prasanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2000 Report Share Posted December 17, 2000 We find two definitions in scriptures regarding the word Bhagawan: 1. utpattiMca vinASaMca bhootAnAM AgatAgatiH vEtti vidyAM avidyAMca sa vAcyO bhavAniti || 2. aiSvaryaMca samagrascya veeryasca yaSasaH SriyaH jnAna varirAgyayOscaiva shaNNAM bhaga iteeraNA || Yours, Madhava > > V. Prasanna Shrinivas [shri] > Sunday, December 17, 2000 5:56 PM > advaitin > Re: FW: [ramakrishna] Re: Gita > > > > Namaste. > > Bhagavan: In Sri Adi Sankara's commetary to Srimad > Bhagavad Gita, > Chapter III's last Bhagavan has got many interpretations. > Apart from the > regular ones Sri Sankara says that Bhagavan is one who has > the complete > knowledge of knowledge and complete knowledge of ignorance. > > Prasanna > > > -------------------------- eGroups Sponsor > -------------------------~-~> > Big News - eGroups is becoming > Click here for more details: > http://click./1/10801/0/_/489436/_/977065125/ > ----------------------------- > ------> > > Discussion of Sankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy of > nonseparablity of Atman and Brahman. > Advaitin List Archives available at: > http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ > For Temporary stoppage of your Email, send a blank email to > <advaitin-nomail > > To resume normal delivery of Email, send a blank email to > <advaitin-normal > > To receive email digest (one per day) send a blank email to > <advaitin-digest > > To to advaitin list, send a blank email to > <advaitin-> > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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