Achala - The still one
Achyuta - Infallible
Banke Bihari - corrupt form of Van Ke Vihari which means one who loves to sport in the forests particularly Vrindavan
Bihari - One who plays
Brajesh - Lord of Braja
Chakradhari - the bearer of a discus (chakra)
Damodara - the Lord when He was tied with a cord (dama) round His waist (udara)
Dinabandu - Friend of the afflicted
Dinanatha - Refuge of destitutes
Dwarakadisha - Lord of Dwaraka
Dwarakanatha - Lord of Dwaraka
Ghanshyama - Dark rain cloud complexioned one
Giridhari - he who lifted a hill (Govardhana hill)
Gopala - cowherd; protector of cows (more accurately protector of life)
Gopinatha - Lord of the gopis, or cowherd women.
Govinda - protector of cows; also connected with Govardhana hill; see also other meanings.
Guruvayoorappan - Lord of the temple Guruvayur.
Hari - one who takes away [sins, or who wards off samsara, the cycle of birth and death]; the yellow one (the colour of the sun); Hare Krishna is the vocative, viz. "o golden one! o dark-blue one"; see other meanings.
Ishvara - god
Hrshikesha - 'lord of the senses'.
Jagannatha - lord of all places (see also Juggernaut)
Janardhana - One Who Bestows Boons On One And All
Kaladeva - the black deity
Kanha or Kanhaiya
Keshava – long haired, beautiful haired; see also other meanings
Madhava - bringer of springtime
Madhusudanah - killer of demon Madhu
Morari - killer of the asura named Mora
Mukhilan- The one with the complexion similar to the rain clouds
Mukund- He who gives you mukti
Nanda Gopala
Nanda Lal - Beloved of Nanda
Panduranga
Parambrahman the highest Brahman
Parameshvara the highest Ishvara, the highest god
Parthasarathy - charioteer of Partha, another name of Arjuna, a reference to his role with regard to Arjuna in the great battle
Patitapavana - Purifier of the fallen
Radha Vallabha - lover of Radha
Ranchhodrai - When he refused to fight the war and fled to Dwarka for the sake of peace. Dakor, Gujarat has a popular temple of Ranchhodraiji. Ran - Field, Chhod - leave.
Shyamasundara - the beautiful, dark one
Vāsudeva, Krishna Vasudeva - son of Vasudeva
Yadhunandana - Son of the Yadu dynasty
Yogeshwara - the Lord of the Yogis
Yashoda Nandana – child of Yashoda
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