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<strong>Hinduism</strong>: What Really Happened in India – M. M. Ninan 104<br />

back to take his devotees to heaven. I have never heard of it before. It<br />

will become scripture in the next edition.<br />

Under this situation, how do we interpret Krishna in terms of Christ?<br />

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”Christ comes from the Greek word Christos, and Christos is the Greek<br />

version of the word Krsna. When an Indian person calls on Krsna, he<br />

often says "Krsta." Krsna is a Sanskrit word meaning the object of<br />

attraction." So when we address God as "Christ," "Krsta," or "Krsna," we<br />

indicate the same all-attractive Supreme Personality of Godhead. When<br />

Jesus said, "Our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name," that<br />

name of God was Krsta or Krsna. "Christ" is simply another way of<br />

saying "Krsta," and "Krsta" is another way of pronouncing Krsna.”<br />

The only change we need to make in Srila Prabhupada as quoted above<br />

is the last word<br />

“Krishna is another way of pronouncing Christ”<br />

The question is how did the Indian religions come to know of this<br />

“Krishna”?<br />

Some proponents have proved the existence of Krishna worshippers in<br />

Pre-<strong>Christian</strong> period through the reference to indica where Megasthenes<br />

refers to Heracles who is then identified as Krishna! But anyone with a<br />

keen sense can see through such a devious route of identification as in<br />

the case quoted below:

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