केशवः
The one who has beautiful hair.
Keshava (Sanskrit: केशव keśava) is a name of Vishnu from within Hindu tradition. The name appears as the 23rd and 648th names in the Vishnu sahasranama of Mahabharata. Lord Keshava is venerated by those persons wanting to avert bad luck, or ill omens. His consort is Keerti.
The word Keśava has more than one meaning. This can be looked upon as a word that indicates Parameśvara or the avatāra, that is, the manifest form of Īśvara, especially as Śrī Kr̥ṣṇa.
Abhirūpāḥ keśāḥ yasya saḥ keśavaḥ–one who has beautiful locks of hair.Śrī Kr̥ṣṇa is a particular form of the Lord. Once a form is given, this is the saguṇa aspect and it has attributes. The form with the attributes helps one to visualize and relate to the Lord. So, Śrī Kr̥ṣṇa is a form with beautiful locks of hair and the name Keśava indicates that.
Alternately, kaśca aśca īśaśca keśāḥ–‘ka’ is Brahmāji; ‘a’ is Visnu and ‘īśa’ is Rudra; hence ‘kesah’ denote the trimu ̅rtis, Brahmāji, Viṣṇu and Rudra. Te yadvaśe vartante – these trimūrtis constitute whom, He is Keśava. Here, each of the trimūrtis represents an aspect of Īśvara from three different stand-points, that is, creation, sustenance and resolution. Since they have been delegated their work, they are under the control of Parameśvara.
Keśivadhāt vā keśavaḥ – He is also known as Keśava, because of slaying the asura called Keśī. Keśī was an asura who came to Brindavan in the guise of a horse to kill Sri Krsna, but he got killed by Śrī Kr̥ṣṇa. A verse in the Viṣṇupurāṇa supports this meaning. There, Nārada tells Śrī Kr̥ṣṇa, ‘because the duṣṭātmā Keśī was killed by you, you will be well known in the world by the name Keśava’ (5.16.23)
Excerpted by Swamini Brahmaprajnananda ji based on Pujya Swamiji's talks
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Why the name Keshav?
In the middle of the discussion regarding the research topics yesterday, when Professor Dr. VP Agrawal asked me if I knew why I was named Keshav (Keshava), I was confused how to begin.
Keshava is one of the names of Lord Krishna. And, I knew this. Since yesterday with my limited knowledge of Sanskrit language, I was of the opinion that the word got derived from two other words Ka (=water) and Shava (=dead body). If you go into the Sanskrit linguistics, you will get to know how true I am.
Also, I believed that there would be some legend with regards to Lord Krishna, water and dead body, which I had not known yet, behind the genesis of the name.
And, I preferred telling him this thing. I recited a humorous stanza in Sanskrit which has two meanings. It talks about Keshava (Lord Krishna), Kaurava and Drona.
केशवं पतितम् दृष्ट्वा
द्रोणाहर्षमुपागतम्
रुदन्ति कौरवा: सर्वे
हाहा केशव केशव।।
Keshavam patitam drishtwaa
Dronaah harshamupaagatam
Rudanti Kauravaah sarve
Haha! Keshava Keshava!
The first meaning may be pertained to the great war of Mahabharata. “When Lord Keshava fell down, Drona was delighted but the Kauravas started crying.” But this doesn’t make good relation with the original story of the Mahabharata.
Meanwhile, the literal meaning of the verse is
* Ke shavam patitam drishtwaa == by seeing dead body falling in water
(Ka= water, Ke= in water, patitam=falling, drishtwaa=by seeing)
* Dronaah harshamupaagatam == Crows came to the state of joyfulness
(Drona= crow, Dronaah= crows, Harsha(m)= joyfulness, upaagatam=came)
* Rudanti Kauravaah sarve = All the Kauravas cry
(Rudanti = cry, Kauravaah= the Kauravas, sarve=all)
*Haha! Keshava Keshava= hey Keshava, hey Keshava!
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The professor was, with interest, listening to me. I was “through” making evident my ‘noesis’ on linguistics and legend. And, the learned elderly gently smiled at me and said, “Well Keshav, this name got established when Lord Krishna killed a demon called Kishi who had called to take life of the baby Krishna.”
Okay. This is the legend then. Thanks to the professor of Bio-chemistry, he taught me something related to the mythology which I did not knew earlier.
After all, we can learn new things every time with anybody.
Right now, it will be appropriate to remember Lord Dattatreya, who had considered even the beasts as his guru.
MADHAVA another name for KRISHAN meaning:-
Madhava (Sanskrit: माधव) is another name for Krishan and appears as the 72nd, 167th and 735th names in the Vishnu sahastranama.
From the Bhagavad Gita it is understood to refer to Vishnu being the husband of the goddess of fortune (Lakshmi). Arjuna addresses Krishna in the first chapter as follows:
"What should we gain, O Krishan, husband of the goddess of fortune, and how could we be happy by killing our own kinsmen?" (Bhagavad-Gita 1.36)
Also in the Bhagavad-Gita, Arjuna address Krishna as "Madhava" (meaning "Lord of fortune and also slayer of the demon Madhu.
According to Adi Sankara' s commentary on the Vishnu sahasranama, Madhava means the consort (dhava) of the Mother (Ma), or Mahalaksmi, the Mother of the universe. Alternatively, it means on who is fit to be known through Madhu-vidya or can mean One who is the Lord of "Ma" or knowledge.
Also madhav means Lord of Mouna+Dhyana+Yoga
Also Madhav means husband of goddess of fortune.
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