Jai Shri Krishna

{{Short description|Phrase associated with Krishna, often used as salutation in India}}

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Jai Shri Krishna ({{Langx|sa|जय श्री कृष्ण|translit=Jaya Śrī Kṛṣṇa}}), also rendered Jaya Sri Krishna,{{Cite book |last=Knapp |first=Stephen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d1JJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT329 |title=Seeing Spiritual India: A Guide to Temples, Holy Sites, Festivals and Traditions |date=2008-05-29 |publisher=iUniverse |isbn=978-0-595-61452-3 |pages=329 |language=en}} is a Sanskrit expression, translating to "Victory to Krishna",{{cite book|title=Contributions to Indian Sociology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfhAAQAAIAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Mouton|page=214}} a major deity in Hinduism. The salutation is believed to have hailed from the Vaishnavas.{{cite book|title=Eightyfour Vaishnavas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8LkcAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Shri Vallabha Publications|page=37}}{{cite book|author=Rajasthan (India)|title=Rajasthan [district Gazetteers].: Pali|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WIdhAAAAIAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Printed at Government Central Press|page=65}} The expression is said to greet another person wishing them success,{{cite book|author=Subhash Krishna|title=Salvation by Lord Shri Krishna|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ubxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT2|date=19 July 2020|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-64587-108-8|pages=2–}} and has also been used as a greeting accompanied with the anjali mudra or bowed head,{{cite book|last=Pattanaik|first=Devdutt|url=https://archive.org/details/vishnudevduttpattanaik_202003_16/page/n111/mode/1up|title=Vishnu: An Introduction|date=1998|publisher=Vakils, Feffer and Simons|location=Mumbai|page=100|quote=People often greet each other with phrases like … 'Jai Shri Krishna'|author-link=Devdutt Pattanaik}} specially while greeting one's elders.{{cite book|author=Dr Ahmad Sayeed|title=Know Your India: "Turn a New Page to Write Nationalism"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ww-qCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA48|date=4 October 2014|publisher=Vij Books India Pvt Ltd|isbn=978-93-84318-68-0|page=48}}{{cite book|author=Harriet Curtis-Lowe|title=Where the Streams Meet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zc21BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT33|date=25 September 2014|publisher=Andrews UK Limited|isbn=978-1-909183-60-5|page=33}}

Jai Shri Krishna expression is widely used expression to greet people during the Hindu festival of Janmashtami, which celebrates the birth of Krishna.{{cite news |author1=Debjani Chatterjee |title=Happy Krishna Janmashtami: Twitter Abuzz With Greetings And Pics |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/happy-krishna-janmashtami-2020-pics-tweets-quotes-messages-status-and-wallpapers-2278277 |accessdate=19 August 2020 |work=NDTV.com |date=12 August 2020}}{{cite web |title=Lord Krishna's homeland Braj celebrates Janamashtmi |url=https://www.cultnews101.com/2013/08/ |accessdate=19 August 2020 |date=29 August 2013}} In the present day, Jai Shri Krishna is widely used among the Vaishnava community, Gujaratis, and Rajasthanis, based in and out of India.{{cite web |title=Diversity in Indian Context |url=http://www.ascgujarat.org/pdf%20Jan18/1.pdf |accessdate=19 August 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite journal |author1=Saul Tripathi |title=Powers of transformation |journal=Index on Censorship |pages=125–131 |doi=10.1080/03064220308537225 |date=1 April 2003|volume=32 |issue=2 |s2cid=143591570 }}{{cite book|author=Dr Partha Sarkar|title=Media And Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8HSPDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA94|date=24 February 2019|publisher=Pratishthaa Publishing House|page=109|id=GGKEY:7HEHNY0ZTB3}}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite book|author=S. D. S. Yadava|title=Followers of Krishna: Yadavas of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p69GMA226bgC&pg=PA164|year=2006|publisher=Lancer Publishers|isbn=978-81-7062-216-1|page=164}}