Krishna and the Ancient Greeks: An Indo-Greek love-hate …
2022年12月19日 · Who is Krishna, the Indo-Greek “God of Gods” Krishna is a prominent Hindu deity who has one of the largest following in India with three of the most holiest pilgrimage spots for Hindus. His followers comprise the third largest religious group in the world with 1.2 billion adherents and followers.
Krishna - Wikipedia
Krishna (/ ˈ k r ɪ ʃ n ə /; [12] Sanskrit: कृष्ण, IAST: Kṛṣṇa [ˈkr̩ʂɳɐ]) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme God in his own right. [13] He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; [14] [1] and is widely revered among Hindu divinities. [15]
Ancient Greeks of India and Their Connection to Hinduism
2024年2月10日 · Who is Krishna, the Indo-Greek “God of Gods” Krishna is a prominent Hindu deity who has one of the largest following in India with three of the most holiest pilgrimage spots for Hindus. His followers comprise the third largest religious group in the world with 1.2 billion adherents and followers.
Greek Hinduism and Krishna in Greek History. - Struggle for …
2022年8月20日 · Who is Krishna, the Indo-Greek “God of Gods” Krishna is a prominent Hindu deity who has one of the largest following in India with three of the most holiest pilgrimage spots for Hindus. His followers comprise the third largest religious group in the world with 1.2 billion adherents and followers.
Echoes of the Indo-European Twin Gods in Sanskrit and Greek …
If the full form of the Indo-European twin myth, with its contrast between mortality and immortality, was as well known to Vedic poets as to Greek poets, it is important background to the Bhagavad Gīta. Krishna’s discourse on the nature of the world, delivered on a chariot, fits into an ancient paradigm going back to an Indo-European origin.
12 Similarities between Hindu and Greek Mythology That Will …
2022年11月16日 · As per the Greek ambassador Megasthenes, Lord Krishna is thought to be similar to the demi God of Greeks, that is Heracles. The word Heracles comes from ‘Hari-kula-es' which means the clan of Hari. This connects to the clan of Krishna as Krishna is an avatar of Hari.
Decode Hindu Mythology: Krishna - The Historical Perspective
Interestingly, this guy, has left the FIRST historical record of a Greek becoming the devotee of an Indian God, Shri Krishna! On his visit to Vidisha, Heliodorus erected a Garud-pillar in the honor of his 'God of Gods' Krishna which is one of the earliest direct archaeological evidence of Krishna-consciousness in this part of the world!
Vedic Discoveries: Krsna and Balarama in Greece — Dionysus — …
The Greeks identified Krsna with Herakles and Sankarsana with Dionysos, and it is no wonder that they were favourably inclined to their worship. The Besnagar inscription describes the Greek ambassador Heliodorus as a Bhagavata who dedicated a Garuda banner to Lord Vasudeva.
Krishna & Balram : The Earliest Representation - Vishwaguru India
Krishna worship was prevalent in the time of Greek historian Megasthenes (350-290BCE). More tellingly, Roman historian Quintus Curtius wrote that “an image of ‘Hercules’ (Krishna, sometimes also written as Herackles) was carried in front of the army of Porus as he advanced towards Alexander on the Jhelum river”.
Meditating on Krishna in Athens - Back to Godhead
Between visiting members of the Hare Krishna movement and speaking with contemporary Greeks about Sri Krishna, the Supreme Being, I learned of a remarkable resemblance between Classical Greece and the Vedic culture of India.