Krishnavarna, Kṛṣṇavarṇa, Krishna-varna: 16 definitions

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Krishnavarna has 14 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Kṛṣṇavarṇa can be transliterated into English as Krsnavarna or Krishnavarna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Krishnavarna in Sanskrit glossary

[Deutsch Wörterbuch]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Kṛṣṇavarṇa (कृष्णवर्ण):—(kṛṣṇa + varṇa) adj. von schwarzer Farbe, schwarz [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1238.]

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Kṛṣṇavarṇā (कृष्णवर्णा):—f. Nomen proprium einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skanda's [Mahābhārata 9, 2642.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Kṛṣṇavarṇa (कृष्णवर्ण):——

1) Adj. von schwarzer Farbe , schwarz.

2) f. ā Nomen proprium einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skanda's.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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