Keshava

Keshava (Krishna) slays Keshi

Keshava (Sanskrit: केशव, lit.'one who has beautiful long hair or the slayer of Keshi', IAST: Keśava) is an epithet of Vishnu in Hindu tradition.[1] The name appears as the 23rd and 648th names in the Vishnu Sahasranama of the Mahabharata. Keshava is also venerated by those persons wanting to avert bad luck or ill-omens. His consort is Kirti (Lakshmi).[2]

Keshava is an iconographical form of Vishnu.


  1. ^ www.wisdomlib.org (12 April 2009). "Kesava, Keshava, Keśava, Keśavā: 30 definitions". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  2. ^ The Illustrated Dictionary of Hindu Iconography, Margaret Stutley, p.71, 73