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Definition: Krishna |
KrishnaNoun1. 8th and most important avatar of Vishnu; incarnated as a handsome young man playing a flute. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Krishna" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be black", "dark". |
Date "Krishna" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1868. (references) |
Note: Krishna \Krish"na\, noun. [Skr. k[.r]sh[.n]a.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Dream Interpretation | To see Krishna in your dreams, denotes that your greatest joy will be in pursuit of occult knowledge, and you will school yourself to the taunts of friends, and cultivate a philosophical bearing toward life and sorrow. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Krishna (the black one). The eighth avtara or incarnation of Vishnu. Kansa, demon-king of Mathura', having committed great ravages, Brahman complained to Vishnu, and prayed him to relieve the world of its distress; whereupon Vishnu plucked off two hairs, one white and the other black, and promised they should revenge the wrongs of the demon-king. The black hair became Krishna. (Hindu mythology.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Krishna is a name of God which means the All-attractive Supreme Lord in (Sanskrit). Although He is considered to be the eighth avatar (descended form) of Vishnu, in reality He is the original source of all forms of God. Some of the events of Krishna's revealed pastimes on Earth are recounted in the historical epic, Mahabharata.
God appears among different cultures with various names, and Krishna is His original name.
Accounts of Krishna occur in a large number of devotional, religious, and poetical works. These works include the Mahabharata, the Bhagavad Gita, the Srimad Bhagavatam, the Bhagavata Purana, and the Gita Govinda.
Devotion to God is called Bhakti.
Krishna is always enacting His lila, or loving divine play as the central Person of all existence.
He is ruler of the Yadavas at Mathura and also at Dwaraka, the husband of Rukmini, and a friend and ally of the Pandavas.
He is the charioteer and advisor of Arjuna, who teaches and instructs him in dharma in the Bhagavad Gita. Before the great battle of Kurukshetra starts, Arjuna loses heart with the prospect of fighting his cousins and other relatives for the kingdom. Krishna reminds him that he has done everything he could possibly do to avoid the battle, and that his duty is now to fight. This forms the basis of the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita.
ISKCON, sometimes called the Hare Krishna movement, is a branch of the movement started by Sri Krishna Chaitanya, and it was founded by His Divine Grace, AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
Major aspects
Krishna (left) with his eternal consort Radha
Swaminarayan mandir, Edison, NJ
Religious texts and literature
Summary of the pastimes of Krishna
This summary is derived from the Mahabharata, and the Harivamsaparva, an addendum to it.The appearance pastime of Krishna
Krishna is never subjected to birth, old age, disease, and death, as the materially conditioned souls are. He appears at will and enacts His pastimes for His pleasure and the pleasure of His devotees. Krishna appears in a prison cell at Mathura, in modern Haryana. His mother is Devaki and his father Vasudeva. Devaki was imprisoned because her brother Kamsa, the king, knew that a son of hers would be the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and he intended to kill her children as they were born. Krishna was smuggled out to be raised in the village of Gokula, in the forest of Vrindavan. Krishna at Vrindavan
Krishna the child, together with his brother Balarama and sister Subhadra, were raised by His foster mother Yasoda in a cow herding community within Vrindavan forest. He is known as Gopala, the cowherd because of His love of the cows. Krishna is mischievous and clever, stealing butter, breaking pots for ghee, and playing transcendental pranks. As His pastimes progress, His love for the Gopis and His other devotees is manifested very deeply.Krishna the prince
Krishna as a youth returns to Mathura, overthrows His uncle Kamsa, and becomes ruler of the Yadavas at Mathura. He also takes his Yadava subjects to Dwaraka (in modern Gujarat). He marries Rukmini, daughter of King Bhishmaka of Vidarbha (a region of central India).The Kurukshetra War
In the Mahabharata, Krishna is cousin to both sides in the war between the Pandavas and Kauravas. But He effectively takes the Pandava side, the side of His saintly devotees, counseling and guiding them. He protects Draupadi when Dushasana tries to strip her in the court. He agrees to be the chariot driver for Arjuna in the great battle. After the battle, Krishna rules the Yadavas at Dwaraka with His wife Rukmini. Gita Govinda - the song of the cowherd
Certain literary works were important to later development of the bhakti traditions, including the Gita Govinda. This work was composed by Jayadeva Goswami in eastern India, in the 12th century AD. It elaborated part of the story of Krishna, and of one particular Gopi, called Radha, Who is factually nondifferent from Krishna, as His internal pleasure potency. The analogy of a fire and its energies of heat and light may be used to get a better understanding of Their nondifference from one another. He is like the fire, and She is like the light and heat emanating from that fire.Recent Krishna bhakti movements
The bhakti traditions include those promoted by Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (16th century in Bengal), Who is the Supreme Lord Krishna Himself appearing in the ecstatic loving mood of Radha.The name
The name and word in the original Sanskrit is written Kṛṣṇa in scholarly phonetic script. The original pronunciation included a vowalic 'r' in the middle. This resembles the pronunciation of the vowels in the first syllable of 'crystal' or 'Christmas' in some English dialects. In some modern Indian languages, the vowel 'i' has been introduced; in some other languages it may be replaced with a 'u' sound (Krushna).
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Krishna."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Jupiter | Allah, Bathala, Brahm, Brahma, Brahma, cloud-compeller, Devi, Durga, Kali, oread, the Great Spirit, Ushas; water nymph, wood nymph; Yama, Varuna, Zeus; Vishnu, Siva, Shiva, Krishna, Juggernath, Buddha; Isis, Osiris, Ra; Belus, Bel, Baal, Asteroth; Thor, Odin; Mumbo Jumbo; good genius, tutelary genius; demiurge, familiar; sibyl; fairy, fay; sylph, sylphid; Ariel, peri, nymph, nereid, dryad, seamaid, banshee, benshie, Ormuzd; Oberon, Mab, hamadryad, naiad, mermaid, kelpie, Ondine, nixie, sprite; denizens of the air; pixy; (bad spirit). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Krishna |
| English words defined with "Krishna": Arjuna ♦ Balarama, Bhagavad-Gita ♦ Hare Krishna ♦ International Society for Krishna Consciousness, ISKCON ♦ juggernaut ♦ Krishnaism. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Krishna": Krishna. (references) |
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Screenplays | This could turn Hare Krishna into a Bad Bwoy! (Human Traffic; writing credit: Justin Kerrigan) If you don't bring those kids back I'm going to commit Harri Krishna! (The Goonies; writing credit: Steven Spielberg; Chris Columbus) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Hare Krishna (1974) Jai Radhe Krishna (1974) Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971) Shri Krishna Arjun Yudh (1971) Balram Shri Krishna (1968) | |
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Civil Liberties | Russia | The Hare Krishna face eviction from their place of worship for the construction of a new road. (references) |
Bolivia | However, Hari Krishna continues to operate with official standing as an educational organization. (references) | |
Bolivia | Hari Krishna followers had registered as an educational organization instead of as a religious organization. (references) | |
Economic History | Nepal | An interim government was sworn in on April 19, 1990, headed by Krishna Prasad Bhattarai as prime minister presiding over a cabinet made up of members of the Nepali Congress Party, the communist parties of Nepal, royal appointees, and independents. (references) |
Human Rights | Nepal | On July 17, two dozen Maoist militants hacked Nepali Congress party member Krishna Bahadur Kunwar to death in Pithuwa, Chitwan. (references) |
India | In August the state government took action to implement the Sri Krishna Commission findings concerning the Hindu-Muslim communal riots in Mumbai of 1992 and 1993. Former Police Commissioner Ramdeo Tayagi, indicted in 1998 along with other officials for killing Muslims during the riots, was arrested by an order of the Supreme Court. (references) | |
Minorities | Tajikistan | Baha'i and Hare Krishna groups experience limited discrimination. (references) |
Bangladesh | On November 16, Principal Gopal Krishna Mahuri of Nazirhat College in Chittagong was shot dead by unidentified assailants. (references) | |
Political Economy | Nepal | In an internal party struggle, Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai was forced to step down in March 2000 and the Nepali Congress Party President, Girija Prasad Koirala, became Prime Minister. (references) |
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| "Krishna" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 98.41% of the time. "Krishna" is used about 63 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 98.41% | 62 | 42,755 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.59% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 63 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Krishna" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Krishna | First name Female | 1,000 | 4,235 |
| Krishna | Last name | 170 | 43,204 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Krishna" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be black", "dark". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Krishna." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Krishna | Male | Hindu Mythology | N/A |
| Kishan | Male | Indian | Krishna |
| Kishen | Male | Indian | Krishna |
| Kistna | Male | Indian | Krishna |
| Krishna | Male | Indian | N/A |
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Expressions using "Krishna": hare Krishna ♦ international Society for Krishna Consciousness. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Krishna"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | Krisjna. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Krishnë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Кришна. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Krišna. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Krisjna. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | Kriŝno. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Association internationale pour la conscience de Krishna (International Society for Krishna Consciousness), AICK (International Society for Krishna Consciousness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Krisna. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ishnakray Кришна. (various references) krišna. (various references) พระกฤษ"ะในศาสนาฮิน"ู. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Krishna" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Chishona, Crisham, Kistna, Krashaar, Krasnow, Krisanna, Krishak, Krishnaji, Krithia. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Krishna" (pronounced 'Krish"na'): Abuna, Achatina, Alcanna, Alhenna, Alumna, Amphirhina, Amphisbaena, Angina, Anna, Anona, Antenna, arena, Avena, Avifauna, Banana, Becuna, BELLADONNA, Bellona, Carina, Casuarina, Catena, Cavatina, Concertina, Coquina, Cromorna, Curtana, Czarevna, Czarina, Damiana, DIANA, Echidna, Erythrina, Galena, Gehenna, Gena, Globigerina, Glucina, Hemina, henna, Hosanna, HYENA, iguana, lacuna, Lena, Levana, Limacina, Linguatulina, Littorina, Luna, Madonna. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: rankish. | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-i-k-n-r-s" | |
-1 letter: arshin, rakish, shairn, shikar, shrank, shrink. | |
-2 letters: airns, ankhs, haiks, hairs, hanks, harks, kains, karns, khans, kinas, kirns, knars, knish, naris, narks, rains, rakis, ranis, ranks, rinks, sarin, shank, shark, sharn, shirk, snark. | |
-3 letters: ains, airn, airs, akin, anis, ankh, arks, haik, hair, hank, hark, hins, hisn, inks, irks, kain, karn, khan, khis. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-i-k-n-r-s" | |
+1 letter: crankish, prankish, sharking. | |
+2 letters: antishark, kashering, sharkskin, shrinkage. | |
+3 letters: handiworks, jinricksha, jinrikisha, kurbashing, prankishly, rainchecks, rakishness, sharkskins, shikarring, shrinkable, shrinkages. | |
+4 letters: jinrickshas, jinrikishas, workmanship. | |
+5 letters: brackishness, brinkmanship, earthshaking, freakishness, headshrinker, hyperkinesia, kitchenwares, marksmanship, nightwalkers, phrasemaking, prankishness, rakishnesses, stickhandler, workmanships. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4B 72 69 73 68 6E 61 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.- .-. .. ... .... -. .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001011 01110010 01101001 01110011 01101000 01101110 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)K r i s h n a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004B 0072 0069 0073 0068 006E 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)45847585748067 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Afrikaans | woordeboek, definisie, vertaling | Afrikaans, бурски език, африканс, afrikánština, Zuidafrikaans, afrikansa lingvo, afrikansa, d'Afrikanders, dél-afrikai holland nyelv, африкаанс, afrikans |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | Albaans, Albanies, Albaniese taal, shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanees, Albanais, albán, албанский, albanski, albanac |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | Bulgaars, Bulgaar, bulgr, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bolgár, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | Tsjeggies, Tsjeg, çek, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tchèque, cseh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, holandský, nizozemský, néerlandais, holland, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา |
Esperanto | vortaro, difino, traduko | есперанто, esperanton, espéranto, eszperanto, eszperantó, эсперанто, าษาที่ประ"ิษฐ์ขึ้นเพื่อใช้เป็น าษากลางในการสื่อสารระหว่างประเทศ ซึ่งรากศัพท์ส่วนใหญ่ |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | Frans, Franse taal, frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, français, francia, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | Hongaar, Hongaars, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, Hongaarse, hongrois, magyar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, ชาวฮังการี |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | Russies, Rus, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, orosz, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ชาวรัสเซีย |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | Thailander, Thais, Thai, Thaïlandais, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | Engels, anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, anglan, anglais, angol, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ |
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