Names and epithets appear here with their traditional associations and glosses. References locate the displayed Sanskrit form, including compound members and sandhi-resolved forms. A matching form can refer to different people; read each verse in context.
| Traditional association | Sanskrit form | Traditional gloss | Surface matches · all referents |
|---|---|---|---|
Arjuna | अनघ anagha | Sinless | |
Arjuna | अर्जुन arjuna | The sattwic or purified and light-filled soul | |
Arjuna | कुरुनन्दन kurunandana | Joy of the Kurus | |
Arjuna | कुरुप्रवीर kurupravīra | Foremost of the Kurus | |
Arjuna | कुरुश्रेष्ठ kuruśreṣṭha | Best of the Kurus | |
Arjuna | कुरुसत्तम kurusattama | Excellent among the Kurus | |
Arjuna | कौन्तेय kaunteya | Son of Kunti | |
Arjuna | गुडाकेश guḍākeśa | The one who has conquered sleep | |
Arjuna | तात tāta | Beloved | |
Arjuna | देहभृतां वर dehabhṛtāṃ vara | Best of the embodied beings | |
Arjuna | धनञ्जय dhanañjaya | Conqueror of riches | |
Arjuna | परन्तप parantapa | Scourge of foes | |
Arjuna | पाण्डव pāṇḍava | Son of Pandu | |
Arjuna | पार्थ pārtha | Son of Pritna | |
Arjuna | पुरुषर्षभ puruṣarṣabha | Excellent among men | |
Arjuna | पुरुषव्याघ्र puruṣavyāghra | Tiger of men | |
Arjuna | भरतर्षभ bharatarṣabha | Best of the Bharatas | |
Arjuna | भरतश्रेष्ठ bharataśreṣṭha | Best of the Bharatas | |
Arjuna | भरतसत्तम bharatasattama | Best of the Bharatas | |
Arjuna | भारत bhārata | The one born in Bharata | |
Arjuna | महाबाहो mahābāho | Mighty-armed | |
Arjuna | सव्यसाचिन् savyasācin | Skilled in throwing arrows by left hand | |
Sri Krishna | अच्युत acyuta | The faultless, the immovable | |
Sri Krishna | अनन्त ananta | Infinite | |
Sri Krishna | अनन्तरूप anantarūpa | Infinite in form | |
Sri Krishna | अनन्तवीर्य anantavīrya | Infinite in might | |
Sri Krishna | अप्रतिमप्रभाव apratimaprabhāva | Incomparable in might | |
Sri Krishna | अरिसूदन arisūdana | Slayer of foes | |
Sri Krishna | कमलपत्राक्ष kamalapatrākṣa | Lotus-eyed | |
Sri Krishna | कृष्ण kṛṣṇa | The one who attracts all towards him/attractor ofall beings | |
Sri Krishna | केशव keśava | The one of luxuriant hair | |
Sri Krishna | केशिनिषूदन keśiniṣūdana | Slayer ofthe demon Kesi | |
Sri Krishna | गोविन्द govinda | The guardian of cows/light | |
Sri Krishna | जगत्पते jagatpate | Master of the worlds | |
Sri Krishna | जगन्निवास jagannivāsa | Refuge of all the worlds | |
Sri Krishna | जनार्दन janārdana | One who has no birth and puts an end to the birth of other beings | |
Sri Krishna | देव deva | God;Godhead | |
Sri Krishna | देवदेव devadeva | God of the gods | |
Sri Krishna | देववर devavara | Great godhead | |
Sri Krishna | देवेश deveśa | Lord of the gods | |
Sri Krishna | परमेश्वर parameśvara | Supreme Lord | |
Sri Krishna | पुरुषोत्तम puruṣottama | Supreme Self | |
Sri Krishna | प्रभो prabho | Lord | |
Sri Krishna | भगवन् bhagavan | The Blessed Lord | |
Sri Krishna | भूतभावन bhūtabhāvana | Source of beings | |
Sri Krishna | भूतेश bhūteśa | Lord of beings | |
Sri Krishna | मधुसूदन madhusūdana | Slayer of demon Madhu | |
Sri Krishna | महात्मन् mahātman | Great spiriti/Mighty spirit | |
Sri Krishna | महाबाहो mahābāho | Mighty-armed | |
Sri Krishna | माधव mādhava | Consort of Lakshmi | |
Sri Krishna | यादव yādava | Descendant on Yadu clan | |
Sri Krishna | योगिन् yogin | Yogin | |
Sri Krishna | योगेश्वर yogeśvara | Master of Yoga | |
Sri Krishna | वार्ष्णेय vārṣṇeya | Descendant of Vrishni family | |
Sri Krishna | विश्वमूर्ते viśvamūrte | Form universal | |
Sri Krishna | विश्वरूप viśvarūpa | Form universal | |
Sri Krishna | विश्वेश्वर viśveśvara | Lord of the universe | |
Sri Krishna | विष्णो viṣṇo | All-pervading Lord | |
Sri Krishna | सखे sakhe | Comrade | |
Sri Krishna | सर्व sarva | All | |
Sri Krishna | सहस्रबाहो sahasrabāho | Thousand-armed | |
Sri Krishna | हृषीकेश hṛṣīkeśa | Master of the senseorgans |
