Krishna
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇá).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Krishna
- (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.
- A river in southern India.
- A district in South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
- A male given name from Sanskrit and a surname used in India.
Derived terms
Translations
avatar
|
river
name
Further reading
Anagrams
Portuguese
Proper noun
Krishna m
Categories:
- English terms derived from Sanskrit
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Hinduism
- en:Rivers in India
- en:Places in India
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from Sanskrit
- en:Andhra Pradesh
- en:Bhagavata Purana
- en:Districts of India
- en:Hindu deities
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with K
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Hinduism