Krishna
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈkɹɪʃnə//
A deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism.
proper noun
- 1
A deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism.
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.
She also built a temple at Turintra under Balipatna police station. In this temple three deities Balabhadra (Ananta), Jagannath (Krishna) and Subhadra were carved separately in three chlonite stones.
- 2
A river in southern India.
- 3
A district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
- 4
A male given name from Sanskrit.
- 5
A surname from Sanskrit.
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.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *kers- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *kr̥snós Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥šnás Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa)bor. English Krishna Borrowed from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa).
Forms
- plural
- Krishnas
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