Krishna
nə 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 S India, flowing E from the Western Ghats to the Bay of Bengal. 800 miles (1290 km) long.
4.
a male given name.
Origin:
< Sanskrit kṛṣṇa
< Sanskrit kṛṣṇa
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Krishna1 (ˈkrɪʃnə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 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) | |
| Krishna2 (ˈkrɪʃnə) | |
| —n | |
| Hinduism the most celebrated of the Hindu deities, whose life story is told in the Mahabharata | |
| [via Hindi from Sanskrit, literally: dark, black] | |
| 'Krishnaism2 | |
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Word Origin & History
Krishna
eighth avatar of Vishnu, 1875, from Skt. krshnah, lit. "the Black One," from PIE *kers-no-, suffixed form of base *kers- "dark, dirty" (cf. O.C.S. crunu, Rus. coron, Serbo-Cr. crn, Czech cerny, O.Prus. krisnas "black," Lith. kersas "black and white, variegated").
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