Krishna, Kṛṣṇā, Kṛṣṇa: 72 definitions
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Krishna has 70 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Kṛṣṇā and Kṛṣṇa can be transliterated into English as Krsna or Krishna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Krashn.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKṛṣṇa (कृष्ण):—
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Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण):—
2) h) Nomen proprium eines Wesens im Gefolge Skanda's [Mahābhārata 9, 2559.] —
3) f) [Halāyudha 1, 68.] — g) [Oxforder Handschriften 10,a, Nalopākhyāna 1. 16,b,16. 102,a, No. 158.] revāsaṃgama [65,b,42.] [HALL 75.] — h) Nomen proprium einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skanda's [Mahābhārata 9, 2640.] —
5) b) das Schwarze im Monde [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 2, 1, 2.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKṛṣṇa (कृष्ण):——
1) Adj. oxyt. (f. ā) schwarz , dunkel ; auch schwarz in moralischem Sinne. Mit pakṣa m. die dunkele Monatshälfte , die Zeit von Vollmond bis zum Neumond. —
2) m. — a) *die schwarze Farbe. — b) Parox. (einmal im [Atharvaveda] oxyt.) die schwarze Antilope und ein best. aasfressendes Thier. — c) *der indische Kuckuck. — d) *Krähe. — e) *Carissa Carandas. — f) die dunkele Monatshälfte. — g) *das vierte Weltalter ( kali). — h) Nomen proprium — α) parox. eines. alten Sängers. — β) eines alten Weisen , eines Sohnes der Devaki. Derselben Mutter entstammt der im [Mahābhārata] verherrlichte Held und Lehrer Kṛṣṇa , der treue Bundesgenosse der Pāṇḍava , der schliesslich zur Gottheit erhoben und mit Viṣṇu identificirt wird. Er hat Tausende von Frauen , unter denen acht besonders hervorgehoben werden. Du. Bez. Kṛṣṇa’s und Arjuna's. — γ) eines Wesens im Gefolge Skanda's. — δ) eines Asura. — ε) eines Schlangendämons. — ζ) verschiedener Männer. — i) Beiname Arjun's. des Sohnes des Pāṇḍu. — k) Pl. Bez. der Śūra in Śālmaladvīpa [VP.².,2,194.] — l) ein best. Hölle. —
3) f. kṛṣṇā — a) eine Blutegelart [217,5,6.] — b) ein best. giftiges Insect. — c) Name verschiedener Pflanzen. Nach den Lexicographen: Piper longum , die Indigopflanze , Weinstock mit dunklen Trauben , eine blau blühende Punarnavā. Gmelina arborea , Nigella indica , Sinapis ramosa , Vernonia anthelminthica , = kākolī und eine Art Sārivā. — d) ein best. wohlriechender Stoff. — e) Beiname — α) der Draupadī. — β) der Durgā. — f) *Name einer der sieben Zungen des Feuers. — g) Nomen proprium — α) einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skanda's. — β) einer Yoginī [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 2,a.97,5.fgg.] — γ) eines Flusses. Auch in Verbindung mit gaṅgā. —
4) f. kṛṣṇī Nacht. —
5) n. oxyt. — a) Schwärze , Dunkelheit. — b) das Schwarze im Auge. — c) das Schwarze im Monde. — d) Dunkelwesen (von Dämonen). — e) *schwarzer Pfeffer. — f) *schwarzes Aloeholz. — g) *Eisen. — h) *Blei. — i) *Spiessglanz. — k) *blauer Vitriol.
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