Krishna

[krish-nuh]

noun

1. Hinduism.,  an avatar of Vishnu and one of the most popular of Indian deities, who appears in the Bhagavad-Gita as the teacher of Arjuna.

2. Informal.,  Hare Krishna.

3. Formerly Kistna. a river in southern India, flowing east from the Western Ghats to the Bay of Bengal. 800 miles (1,290 km) long.

4. a male given name.

Krishna

¹

/ ˈkrɪʃnə /

noun

1. Also called: Kistna. a river in S India, rising in the Western Ghats and flowing generally southeast to the Bay of Bengal. Length: 1300 km (800 miles)

Krishna

²

/ ˈkrɪʃnə /

noun

1. Hinduism the most celebrated of the Hindu deities, whose life story is told in the Mahabharata

Other Word Forms

• Krishnaism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Krishna¹

From the Sanskrit word kṛṣṇa

Word History and Origins

Origin of Krishna¹

via Hindi from Sanskrit, literally: dark, black

Example Sentences

Bosch was farming the strike and turning down singles and left 18 from the final over, but he skied the second ball from Prasidh Krishna to cover.

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A Nepali tourism official, Ram Krishna Lamichhane, told the BBC they had been in contact with rescue teams searching the base camp at Dolma Khang peak, which was hit by an avalanche.

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"From a proof concept, it's already there," University of Arizona engineering professor Krishna Muralidharan, who is involved with such work, said of the technology.

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“Her music feels like it’s written in a bedroom just for you—dark, honest and vulnerable,” says Nandha Krishna, a fan who created the Eilish subreddit more than eight years ago.

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“This quarter we accelerated performance across all of our segments, and again exceeded expectations for revenue, profit and free cash flow,” IBM Chief Executive Arvind Krishna said in a statement.

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