Ramakrishna

American

[rah-muh-krish-nuh] / ˌrɑ məˈkrɪʃ nə /

noun

Sri 1836–86, Hindu religious reformer and mystic.

Ramakrishna British

/ ˌrɑːməˈkrɪʃnə /

noun

Sri (sriː). 1834–86, Hindu yogi and religious reformer. He preached the equal value of all religions as different paths to God

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After several leaders of the party were jailed, its 11th president, Kuttanad Ramakrishna Pillai, tasked Cherian with leading the party before he was also arrested.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2022

According to Thompson and current SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna, an intern who worked at the company posted the “solarwinds123” password on GitHub back in 2017.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2021

SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna is scheduled to testify before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence alongside Microsoft President Brad Smith and representatives from the cybersecurity firms CrowdStrike and FireEye.

From Washington Times • Feb. 22, 2021

As the Hindu sage Ramakrishna said, “I want to taste sugar, I don’t want to be sugar.”

From Scientific American • Nov. 17, 2018

See for examples of this cataleptic form of Samâdhi Max Müller's Life of Ramakrishna, pp. 49,59, etc.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

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