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hare krishna

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Ha⋅re Krish⋅na

  [hahr-ee krish-nuh, har-ee]
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–noun
a religious sect based on Vedic scriptures, whose followers engage in joyful congregational chanting of Krishna's name: founded in the U.S. in 1966.
Origin:
from chanted phrase Hare Krishna! < Hindi harē kṛṣṇā O Krishna!
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Ha·re Krish·na   (hä'rē krĭsh'nə)   
n.   pl. Hare Krish·nas

  1. A chant to the Hindu god Krishna.

  2. Informal

    1. A member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), founded in the United States in 1966.

    2. The society itself.


[From the chant Hare Krishna : Sanskrit Hare, vocative of Hariḥ, a name of Vishnu (from hari-, yellow-green, tawny yellow; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots) + Sanskrit Kṛṣṇa, vocative of Kṛṣṇaḥ, Krishna; see Krishna1.]
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Hare Krishna 
1968, from title of a Hindu chant or mantra, from Hindi hare "O God!" + Krishna, name of an incarnation of the god Vishnu.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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