Kripa Kripa (Sanskrit: कृप, Kṛpa in IAST transliteration), also known as Kripacharya (Sanskrit: कृपाचार्य) or Krupacharya or better phonetically written as Kṛpāchārya was the grandson of Rishi Gautama, son of Sharadvat and is one of the seven Chiranjivis. He was born in a particularly extraordinary manner. He along with his sister Kripi were adopted by King Shantanu. Later on Kripa became an acharya,…
Krishna Krishna (Sanskrit: कृष्ण, IAST: Kṛṣṇa) is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu. Krishna is born to Devaki and her husband, Vasudeva Anakadundubhi of the Yadava clan in Mathura. Krishna is also the first name of Dvaipayana Vyasa. Draupadi is also addressed as Krishna. Arjuna is also addressed as Krishna.
Krittika The star cluster Kṛttikā (Sanskrit: कृत्तिका, pronounced [kɽɪttɪkaː], popularly transliterated Krittika), corresponds to the open star cluster called Pleiades in western astronomy; it is one of the clusters which makes up the constellation Taurus. In Indian astronomy and Jyotiṣa (Hindu astrology) the name literally translates to “the cutters”. It is also the name of its goddess-personification, who is a daughter of Daksha and Panchajani, and…