Krishna

English

Alternative forms

Kṛṣṇa

Etymology

From Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇá).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɪʃnə/

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 and a surname used in India.

Derived terms

Krishnaism

Translations

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Arabic: كْرِيشْنَا‎ m (krīšnā)
Armenian: Կրիշնա (Krišna)
Assamese: কৃষ্ণ (krisno)
Balinese: ᬓᬺᬱ᭄ᬡ (krěsna)
Banjarese: Kresna
Bengali: কৃষ্ণ (kriṣṇ)
Bhojpuri: कृष्ण (kŕṣṇ)
Burmese: ကရစ်ရှနား (ka.rachra.na:)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 黑天 (Hēitiān)
Finnish: Krishna
French: Krishna (fr) m
German: Krishna (de) m
Greek: Κρίσνα m (Krísna)
Gujarati: કૃષ્ણ (kṛṣṇ)
Hebrew: קרישנה‎
Hindi: कृष्ण (hi) m (kŕiṣṇ, kŕiṣṇa)
Indonesian: Kresna (id)
Japanese: クリシュナ (Kurishuna)
Kannada: ಕೃಷ್ಣ (kn) (kruṣṇa)

Khmer: ក្រស្នា (km) (krɑsnaa)
Konkani: कृष्ण
Korean: 크리슈나 (Keurisyuna)
Maithili: कृष्ण
Malayalam: കൃഷ്ണന്‍ (kr̥ṣṇan‍)
Marathi: कृष्ण m (kṛṣṇá)
Nepali: कृष्ण (ne) (kŕṣṇa)
Oriya: କୃଷ୍ଣ (or) (kruṣṇô)
Persian: کریشنا‎ (fa) (Kerišnâ)
Portuguese: Krishna m
Punjabi: ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ (krishn)
Russian: Кри́шна (ru) m (Kríšna)
Sanskrit: कृष्ण (sa) m (kṛṣṇá)
Slovak: Krišna m
Spanish: Krishna m
Sundanese: ᮊᮢᮨᮞ᮪ᮔ (kresna)
Tamil: கிருட்டிணன் (ta) (kiruṭṭiṇaṉ)
Telugu: కృష్ణుడు (te) (kr̥ṣṇuḍu)
Thai: พระกฤษณะ
Urdu: کرشن‎ m (krišn, krišna)

river

Greek: Κρίσνα m (Krísna)
Hindi: कृष्ण (hi) m (kŕiṣṇ, kŕiṣṇa)
Marathi: कृष्ण f (kṛṣṇá)
Persian: کریشنا‎ (fa) (Kerišnâ)

Russian: Кри́шна (ru) f (Kríšna)
Sanskrit: कृष्ण (sa) (kṛṣṇá)
Telugu: కృష్ణానది (te) (kr̥ṣṇānadi)

name

Chinese:
Mandarin: 克里希納, 克里希纳 (Kèlǐxīnà)
Greek: Κρίσνα m (Krísna)
Hindi: कृष्ण (hi) m (kŕiṣṇ, kŕiṣṇa)
Japanese: クリシュナ (Kurishuna)

Korean: 크리슈나 (Keurisyuna)
Marathi: कृष्ण m (kṛṣṇá)
Persian: کریشنا‎ (fa) (Kerišnâ)
Russian: Кри́шна (ru) (Kríšna)
Telugu: కృష్ణుడు (te) (kr̥ṣṇuḍu)

Further reading

Krishna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

Harkins, rankish

Portuguese

Proper noun

Krishna m

(Hinduism) Krishna (a supreme Hindu deity)

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