Krishnaraja, Kṛṣṇarāja: 6 definitions

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Krishnaraja means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Kṛṣṇarāja can be transliterated into English as Krsnaraja or Krishnaraja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

India history and geography

Source: What is India: Inscriptions of the Śilāhāras

1) Kṛṣṇarāja (I) (कृष्णराज) of the Rāṣṭrakūṭa line of kings, is mentioned in the Paṭṭaṇakuḍi plates of Avasara II.—“There was (first) the king Dantidurga; thereafter, there flourished his uncle Kṛṣṇarāja (I); after him, Govindarāja (II).”.

Kṛṣṇarāja (III) of the Rāṣṭrakūṭa line of kings is mentioned in the Paṭṭaṇakuḍi plates of Avasara II.—“Baddiga had a son (named) Kṛṣṇarāja (III) even as Śambhu had the six-faced (Kārttikēya), as the sage Atri had the Moon, as Daśaratha had Rāma, and Indra had Jayanta. He also became the lord of the Earth, which has the four oceans for her girdle. When he, having pierced the orb of the Sun by his yogic vision, went to the abode of Śiva, his brother named Khoṭika became the lord of the Earth, his prosperity being set off by his charity and lustre”.

These copper plates (mentioning Kṛṣṇarāja) were found by a Brāhmaṇa of Khārepāṭan, a town in the Devagaḍ tālukā of the Ratnāgiri District. The inscription refers itself to the reign of the Śilāra king, Māṇḍalika Raṭṭarāja. As his predecessors were loyal feudatories of the Rāṣṭrakūṭas, it gives first the genealogy of that family from Dantidurga to Kakkala. The inscription is dated, in lines 41-42, on the full-moon tithi of Jyeṣṭha in the śaka year 930, the cyclic year being Kīlaka.

2) Kṛṣṇarāja (III) of the Rāṣṭrakūṭa line of kings is also mentioned in the Paṭṭaṇakuḍi plates of Avasara II.—“After Amoghavarṣa, there flourished the king, his son Kṛṣṇarāja (III), who became well-known by his birudas such as Vanagajamalla (the Wrestler with wild elephants). When after him, who was sole supporter of religion and had exterminated all his foes, his brother, the illustrious Khoṭṭigadeva, who, by the turn of fortune, obtained his kingdom, and who had the virtues of real liberality, proper enjoyment and so forth, went to the other world”.

These copper plates (mentioning Kṛṣṇarāja) were obtained from Tonappa Parisa Upadhye, the priest of the Jain basti of Paṭṭaṇakudi, who claims that they have been preserved as heirloom in his family. The inscription refers itself to the reign of the Śilāra (i.e. Śilāhāra) king Avasara II, ruling from Balinagara. The inscription is dated in the expired Śaka year 910 (expressed in words), the cyclic year being Sarvadhārin, on Monday, the fifth tithi of the bright fortnight of Kārttika.

Source: What is India: Epigraphia Indica volume XXIX (1951-1952)

Kṛṣṇarāja (कृष्णराज) is the name of an ancient king possibly identified with Kṛṣṇanṛpa.—Accordingly, the Maser inscription of a Śulkī chief states that “[...] Narasiṃha was the lord of Viḍa-dvādaśa and had his permanent abode at his Kulagrāma, called Golahaṭṭī-Chāṇakī in the vicinity of ēlāpura. At the command of Kṛṣṇarāja he defeated the enemies in battle; [...] Then a certain Guṇāḍhya described as Kesarin is introduced as son (of Narasiṃha). At the command of Kṛṣṇarāja he conquered the king of Lāṭa (Lāṭeśa) and a Kacchavāha”.

Note: Professor Mirashi assigned to king Kṛṣṇarāja of the present record the date c. 950 A.C. and thought that he might be identical with a certain Kṛṣṇanṛpa whose minister Vāchaspati of the Kauṇḍinya-gotra defeated, according to a fragmentary inscription at Bhilsā, the lord of Chedi, killed a Śabara chief called Siṃha and restored the chiefs of Rālā-maṇḍala and Rodapādi to their dominions. Professor Mirashi further assumed that king Kṛṣṇa of the above references was identical with the Chandella prince Kṛṣṇapa, son of Yaśōvarman, mentioned in the Dudahī inscriptions.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Kṛṣṇarāja (कृष्णराज).—name of the author of prec.: Sādhanamālā 328.5.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Kṛṣṇarāja (कृष्णराज) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—a Dekhan king, celebrated in Halāyudha’s Kavirahasya.

2) Kṛṣṇarāja (कृष्णराज):—king of Mahārāṣṭra: Varṇāśramadharmadīpa. Bik. 489.

3) Kṛṣṇarāja (कृष्णराज):—Varṇāśramadharmadīpa. He was a son of Govinda and grandson of Rāghava. The text in 489 says only that his original home was in Mahārāṣṭra.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Kṛṣṇarāja (कृष्णराज):—[=kṛṣṇa-rāja] [from kṛṣṇa] m. Name of a man.

2) [v.s. ...] Name of various kings, [Inscriptions]

[Sanskrit to German]

Krishnaraja in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Appendix I: List of Inscriptions