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SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES


  • The one with beautiful long hair

    • According to the Padma Purana the name refers to Krishna's long, beautiful looking hair.


  • Killer of the Keśī demon

    • In the Bhagavad Gita Arjuna uses the name for Krishna, referring to Him as the 'Killer of the Kesi demon' : ''I am now unable to stand here any longer. I am forgetting myself, and my mind is reeling. I see only causes of misfortune, O Kesava, killer of the Keśī demon.'' (Bhagavad Gita 1.30). The demon Kesin, in the form of a horse, was sent by Kamsa to kill Krishna but was overpowered and slain (Vishnu Purana 5.15-16).



OTHER REFERENCES


According to Adi Sankara' s commentary on the Vishnu sahasranama, Keshava has three meanings:
  • one whose Kesa or locks are beautiful

  • The Lord of creation, preservation, and dissolution.

  • one who destroyed the Asura or demon Kesi in the Krishna avatar


It also means
  • one who is endowed with the rays of light spreading within the orbit of the sun

  • one who is endowed with divine powers of Brahma, Vishnu and Siva



REFERENCE

  • ''Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend'' (ISBN 0500510881) by Anna Dhallapiccola

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