Sahasranama position 36 of the 1,072 names

Krishna Deha

कृष्ण देहा

Kṛṣṇa Dehā

What Krishna Deha means

Krishna Deha is name 36 in the Adya Mahakali Sahasranama, the 1,072-name devotional text to Maa Kali. Her body bears the dark hue of Kriishhna.

Also spelled

  • Krsna Deha
  • KrishnaDeha
  • Source transliteration: KRIISHHNA DEHA

Sanskrit names travel into English in several romanizations. This page keeps the common spelling, the IAST form, and the source transliteration together so the same name is discoverable under each spelling readers use.

Meaning and elaboration

Meaning: Her body bears the dark hue of Kriishhna.

Elaboration

Kriishhna Deha means "She whose body has the color of Kriishhna." This name links Mahakali with the dark and supreme radiance associated with Kriishhna and reveals that the same ultimate reality appears here in her form.

The Deep Blue-Black Hue In Sanskrit, Kriishhna can refer to a deep blue-black shade, the kind of color used to evoke the immeasurable sky, the unfathomable ocean, and the mystery of the infinite. Kali's Kriishhna Deha carries that same sense of boundlessness. Her dark body is the primordial depth from which creation emerges and into which all creation returns.

Unity with Vishnu When her body is described as having the color of Kriishhna, the name points to the inner unity of Kali and Vishnu. Her fierce, dissolving power is not separate from the Divine power that preserves. Both belong to the one cosmic movement of creation, preservation, and dissolution. In that sense, Kriishhna Deha reflects advaita: the many deities appear in different forms, yet all rest in the one Brahman.

The All-Encompassing Divine Kriishhna Deha also suggests that she contains the whole cosmos within herself. Kriishhna is revered as the complete and supreme being, and this name reveals that same fullness in Mahakali. Her dark body holds all colors, all forms, and all possibilities within it. For the devotee, meditation on her Kriishhna Deha becomes contemplation of the reality beyond division, where every name and form returns to the One.

Text and sources

The name list follows the Adya Mahakali Sahasranama as compiled for this project. The English meaning and elaboration are interpretive notes for devotional study, not a translation of a single critical edition.

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