Lord Krishna, the most celebrated of all Hindu Gods is perceived to be immensely mysterious. Is there some kind of mystery behind the colour of his complexion?
2006-08-08 04:45:55 · 14 answers · asked by ns 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Why should there be a mystry. Can't he be simply a dark skinned guy by birth?
2006-08-10 04:44:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yah his complexion is always depicted as dark brown or blue/black.
The term Krishna in Sanskrit has the literal meaning of "black" or "dark one", and this refers to his complexion. In murtis (statues) and pictorial representations, he is often shown as dark skinned. For instance, Jagannatha, Krishna as Lord of the World, at Puri is shown with his brother and sister, the latter two being shown with a distinctly lighter complexion. The name is sometimes said to mean bluish black, rather than simply black, and sometimes his complexion is described to be "that of a storm cloud".
Other meanings of the name are given. The Gaudiya tradition tends to explain the name as meaning “all-attractive”. This is justified by an interpretion of a verse in the Mahabharata, as given in the Chaitanya Charitamrita [1] (other translations of this verse give differing meanings). Commentators on the Vishnu sahasranama, offer explanations on similar lines. According to Adi Sankara's commentary, however, Krishna is the 57th name of Vishnu, and also means the "Existence of Knowledge and Bliss."
-wikipedia
2006-08-08 04:49:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As the Lord Vishnu is called 'Megha Varnam' means cloud coloured. So He is Black complexioned. .So is His incarnation , Lord Krishna. Further, He was a Baby born, May be Black or fair, so what is the question asking why was he black.
Born Black thats why called as:-
Shyam= Black
Ghanshyam= Dark Black
Krishna= Black
2006-08-09 01:40:12 · answer #3 · answered by Ashish B 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Uh, Hinduism is generally from the area of India....and I dont know if you pay attention or not, but Indians are darkskinned peoples. So Im not surprised that their God is created in their image. After all, isnt the Christian God depicted as being a white guy?? No mystery there...
Long Live Lord Shiva!!! Hail Shiva! For he gave us marijuana for an enjoyable pasttime...
2006-08-08 04:52:21 · answer #4 · answered by YDoncha_Blowme 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Isn't Krishna blue?
2006-08-08 04:51:40 · answer #5 · answered by Girl Wonder 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Hinduism all gods all images have philosophical ideas behind them....
for ex krisna,
he is black in color,...so is kali......
the idea behind this is,
we think sky is blue when we see from the ground,
but when we go there....we see that sky has no color......
we see an ocean and think its blue....but if we take water in our hands we see that it has no color......
in the same way we think that god has a form and a name
we see god as male or female ,
as christ as krisna,
when we are ignorant and "far" from him....we think like this
but when we go near him, we will understand that has no form or name...that god is one....the one without change...the one without any gunas....
the peacock feather worn on his crown symbolises the universe.....(or maya)
it means that god wears maya only like an ornament but he is not controlled by it....
the flute in his hand represents love ....thats why the gopikas or anyone for that matter are bound by the sound ...
2006-08-11 01:08:15 · answer #6 · answered by raj_6c1 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
most of the gods used to be depicted as black, even Mary and Jesus were originally black. I guess black fell out of style.
2006-08-08 04:50:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black absorbs all colors,because light is not reflected by black.Black hole absorbs even light waves.Likewise Krishna attracts every body.
2006-08-08 04:56:24 · answer #8 · answered by sa 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
dunno about the mystery, but the most lovable god is in my opinion certainly krishna.
my personal opinion about his color is that some part of his legend arose out of the rig vedic details of the king of yamuna region who was indigenous to india, and therefore supposedly dark who fought against the invading king( indra!?) and saved the people.
2006-08-08 05:04:05 · answer #9 · answered by irumporayar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Initially an indian god, he probably resembled the population.
What's interesting is the depiction of Jesus as white, when he was an Arab Jew, and probably (given his birth place) quite a dark color at that.
2006-08-08 04:50:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋