Krishna
[krish-nuh]
- 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.
- Informal. Hare Krishna.
- Formerly Kistna. a river in S India, flowing E from the Western Ghats to the Bay of Bengal. 800 miles (1290 km) long.
- a male given name.
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Origin of Krishna
From the Sanskrit word kṛṣṇa
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Contemporary Examples
The Krishna Movement stresses continual silent chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra in order to keep the mind focused on God.
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September 29, 2014
On Sunday, friends of Krishna Upadhyaya and Ghimire Gundev received a series of anxious text messages.
Historical Examples
This is addressed to Yashoda, mother of Krishna, by his playmates.
My ReminiscencesRabindranath Tagore
They want their Shyam (Krishna) to be with them there, in the midst of all these.
My ReminiscencesRabindranath Tagore
What was represented that night was an episode in the story of Krishna.
AppearancesGoldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
It was symbolical; Krishna was its centre, and the rest were wooing him.
AppearancesGoldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
The leader, a peacock-fan flashing in his head-dress, personated Krishna.
AppearancesGoldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
Krishna1
- a river in S India, rising in the Western Ghats and flowing generally southeast to the Bay of Bengal. Length: 1300 km (800 miles)Also called: Kistna
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Krishna2
- Hinduism the most celebrated of the Hindu deities, whose life story is told in the Mahabharata
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Word Origin
via Hindi from Sanskrit, literally: dark, black
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Word Origin and History for krishna
Krishna
eighth avatar of Vishnu, 1875, from Sanskrit krshnah, literally "the Black One," from PIE *kers-no-, suffixed form of root *kers- "dark, dirty" (cf. Old Church Slavonic crunu, Russian coron, Serbo-Croatian crn, Czech cerny, Old Prussian krisnas "black," Lithuanian kersas "black and white, variegated").
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