Krishna

name

name ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism. Hinduism, countable, uncountable

    "The carpenter had disappeared, leaving half-finished not one but three images, as they are still today, identified as Krishna, Balarama and their sistier Subhadra."

  2. 2
    A river in southern India. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A district of Andhra Pradesh, India. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A male given name from Sanskrit. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A surname from Sanskrit. countable, uncountable

    "Fittingly, I enjoyed those warm and crunchy-tender Korean rice cakes beneath slightly salty ham and a drizzle of floral honey with my colleague Priya Krishna, who first put me on to the rice-cake fundido at Haenyeo in Park Slope, Brooklyn, back in 2019."

Example

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"Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead."

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa).

Related phrases

Krishna Janmashtamiandhra pradeshbhagavad gitabhagavata purana

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