Appendix 1

Shrī Krishna’s Names

अच्युत!

Achyuta!

The infallible!

1.21; 11.42; 18.73

अनन्त!

Ananta!

Endless one!

11.37

अनन्तरूप!

Anantarūpa!

One with innumerable forms!

11.38

अप्रमेय!

Aprameya!

Immeasurable (incomprehensible) one!

11.42

अप्रतिमप्रभाव!

Apratimaprabhāva!

One with unparalleled splendor!

11.43

अरिसूदन!

Arisūdana!

Slayer of foes!

2.4

भूतभावान!

Bhūtabhāvāna!

Source of beings!

10.15

भूतेश!

Bhūtesha!

Controller of beings!

10.15

देव!

Deva!

Deva!

11.15, 44, 45

देवदेव!

Devadeva!

God of gods!

10.15

देववर!

Devavara!

Lord of the deities!

11.31

देवेश!

Devesha!

Ruler of the gods!

11.25, 37, 45

गोविन्द!

Govinda!

Govind!

1.32; 2.9

हरि!

Hari!

Captivating one!

11.9

हृषीकेश!

Hrushīkesha!

Lord of the senses!

1.15, 21, 24; 2.9, 10; 11.36; 18.1

जगन्निवास!

Jagannivāsa!

Upholder of the world!

11.25, 37, 45

जगत्पते!

Jagatpate!

Sustainer of the world!

10.15

जनार्दन!

Janārdana!

One who distresses the wicked!

1.36, 39, 44; 3.1; 10.18; 11.51

कमलपत्राक्ष!

Kamalapatrāksha!

One with lotus-like eyes!

11.2

केशव!

Keshava!

Slayer of the demon Keshī!

1.31; 2.54; 3.1; 10.14, 11.35; 18.76

केशिनिषूदन!

Keshinishūdana!

Destroyer of Keshī!

18.1

कृष्ण!

Krushṇa!

Krishna!

1.28, 32, 41; 5.1; 6.34, 37, 39; 11.41; 17.1; 18.75, 78

मधुसूदन!

Madhusūdana!

Slayer of the demon Madhu!

1.35; 2.1, 4; 6.33; 8.2

महाबाहो!

Mahābāho!

One with great arms!

6.38; 11.23; 18.1

महात्मन्!

Mahātman!

Great ātmā!

11.20, 37, 50

महायोगेश्वर!

Mahāyogeshwara!

Great master of yoga!

11.9

माधव!

Mādhava!

Sovereign of māyā!

1.14, 37

परमेश्वर!

Parameshwara!

Parameshwara!

11.3

प्रभो!

Prabho!

Prabhu!

11.4; 14.21

पुरुषोत्तम!

Purushottama!

Purushottam!

8.1; 10.15; 11.3

सहस्रबाहो!

Sahasrabāho!

One with a thousand arms!

11.46

सखा!

Sakhā!

Friend!

11.41

सर्व!

Sarva!

Ātmā of all!

11.40

वार्ष्णेय!

Vārshṇeya!

Descendant of Vrushni!

1.41; 3.36

वासुदेव!

Vāsudeva!

One who contains all beings!

7.19; 10.37; 11.50; 18.74

विश्वमूर्ते!

Vishwamūrte!

One who possesses the world as their form!

11.46

विश्वरूप!

Vishwarūpa!

One whose body is the universe!

11.16

विश्वेश्वर!

Vishweshwara!

Sovereign of the world!

11.16

विष्णो!

Vishṇo!

Vishnu!

11.24, 30

यादव!

Yādava!

Descendant of Yadu!

11.41

योगेश्वर!

Yogeshwara!

Sovereign of yoga!

11.4, 9; 18.75, 78

योगी!

Yogī!

Sovereign of yoga!

10.17

Shrī Arjun’s Names

अनघ!

Anagha!

One without wrongdoing!

3.3; 14.6; 15.20

अर्जुन!

Arjuna!

Arjun!

1.47; 2.2, 45; 3.7; 4.5, 9, 37; 6.16, 32, 46; 7.16, 26; 8.16, 27; 9.19; 10.39, 42; 11.47, 50, 54; 18.9, 34, 61, 76

भरतर्षभ!

Bharatarshabha!

Greatest among the descendants of Bharat!

3.41; 7.11; 8.23; 13.26; 14.12; 17.12; 18.36

भरतसत्तम!

Bharatasattama!

Greatest among the descendants of Bharat!

18.4

भारत!

Bhārata!

Descendant Bharat!

2.14, 18, 28, 30; 3.25; 4.7, 42; 7.27; 11.6; 13.2, 33; 14.3, 8, 9, 10; 15.19; 16.3; 17.3; 18.62

देहभृतां वर!

Dehabhrutām vara!

Greatest amongst the embodied!

8.4

धनञ्जय!

Dhananjaya!

Victor of wealth!

1.15; 2.48, 49; 4.41; 7.7; 9.9; 10.37; 11.14; 12.9; 18.29, 72

गुडाकेश!

Guḍākesha!

One who has conquered sleep!

1.24; 2.9; 10.20; 11.7

कौन्तेय!

Kaunteya!

Son of Kuntī!

1.27; 2.14, 37, 60; 3.9, 39; 5.22; 6.35; 7.8; 8.6; 9.7, 10, 23, 27, 31; 13.1, 31; 14.4, 7; 16.20, 22; 18.48, 50, 60

कुरुनन्दन!

Kurunandana!

Descendant of Kuru!

2.41; 6.43; 14.13

कुरुप्रवीर!

Kurupravīra!

Greatest hero of the Kurus!

11.48

कुरुसत्तम!

Kurusattama!

Honorable one of the Kuru dynasty!

4.31

कुरुश्रेष्ठ!

Kurushreshṭha!

Greatest among the Kurus!

10.19

महाबाहो!

Mahābāho!

One with great arms!

2.26, 68; 3.28, 43; 5.3, 6; 6.35; 7.5; 14.5; 18.13

परन्तप!

Parantapa!

Scorcher of foes!

2.3; 4.2, 5, 33; 7.27; 9.3; 10.40; 11.54; 18.41

पाण्डव!

Pāṇḍava!

Son of Pāndu!

1.14, 20; 4.34; 6.2; 11.13, 55; 14.22; 16.5

पार्थ!

Pārtha!

Son of Pruthā!

1.25, 26; 2.3, 21, 43, 72; 3.16, 22, 23; 4.11, 33; 6.40; 7.1; 8.8, 14, 19, 22, 27; 9.13, 32; 10.24; 11.5, 9; 12.7; 16.4, 6; 17.26, 28; 18.6, 30-35, 72, 74, 78

पुरुषर्षभ!

Purusharshabha!

Greatest among men!

2.15

पुरुषव्याघ्र!

Purushavyāghra!

Greatest among men!

18.4

सव्यसाचिन्!

Savyasāchin!

Ambidextrous one!

11.33

तात!

Tāta!

Dear!

6.4

King Dhrutarāshtra’s Names

भारत!

Bhārata!

Descendant of Bharat!

1.25; 2.10

महीपते!

Mahīpate!

King!

1.21

परन्तप!

Parantapa!

Scorcher of foes!

2.9

पृथिवी-पते!

Pruthivī-pate!

King!

1.18

राजन्!

Rājan!

King!

11.9; 18.76, 77