Krishna

English

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Painting of Lord Krishna.

Alternative forms

• Kṛṣṇa

Etymology

From Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇá).

Proper noun

Krishna

1. (Hinduism) A deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism. Krishna is often depicted as a young cowherd boy with a dark or blue complexion playing a flute (as in the Bhagavata Purana) or a youthful prince giving philosophical direction and guidance (as in the Bhagavad Gita) He is the divine speaker of the Bhagavad-gita and the eighth avatar of Vishnu.
2. A river in southern India.
3. A district in South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
4. A male given name and a surname used in India.

Translations

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• Arabic: كريشنا (ar) (krīšna) m
• Armenian: Կրիշնա (hy) (Krišna)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑天 (cmn) (Hēitiān)

• French: Krishna (fr) m
• German: Krishna (de) m
• Hebrew: קרישנה (he)
• Hindi: कृष्ण (hi) (kŕiṣṇ, kŕiṣṇa) m
• Japanese: クリシュナ (ja) (Kurishuna)
• Kannada: ಕೃಷ್ಣ (kn)

• Khmer: ក្រស្នា (km) (krɑsnaa)
• Korean: 크리슈나 (ko) (Keurisyuna)
• Malayalam: കൃഷ്ണന്‍ (ml) (kṛṣṇan)
• Marathi: कृष्ण (mr) (kṛṣṇá) m
• Persian: کریشنا (fa)
• Russian: Кришна (ru) (Kríšna) m
• Sanskrit: कृष्ण (sa) (kṛṣṇá) m
• Spanish: Krishna (es) m
• Telugu: కృష్ణుడు (te)
• Urdu: کرشن (ur) (krišn, krišna) m

river

• Hindi: कृष्ण (hi) (kŕiṣṇ, kŕiṣṇa) m
• Marathi: कृष्ण (mr) (kṛṣṇá) f
• Russian: Кришна (ru) (Kríšna) f

• Sanskrit: कृष्ण (sa) (kṛṣṇá)
• Telugu: కృష్ణానది (te)

name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克里希納 (cmn), 克里希纳 (cmn) (Kèlǐxīnà)

• Hindi: कृष्ण (hi) (kŕiṣṇ, kŕiṣṇa) m
• Japanese: クリシュナ (ja) (Kurishuna)

• Korean: 크리슈나 (ko) (Keurisyuna)
• Marathi: कृष्ण (mr) (kṛṣṇá) m
• Russian: Кришна (ru) (Kríšna)
• Telugu: కృష్ణుడు (te)

Derived terms

• Krishnaism

External links

• Krishna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia