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Krishna
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English
thumb|Statue of Krishna at Sri Mariamman Temple, Singapore
Alternative forms
en Kṛṣṇa transliteration
Etymology
en :bor sa:कृष्ण + 1
Pronunciation
en /ˈkɹɪʃnə/ UK,US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Krishna.wav US
en ɪʃnə 2
Proper noun
~ s
en Hinduism A deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism.
en 1960 Mayadhar Mansinha History of Oriya Literature https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.13018/page/76/mode/1up 76 Sahitya Akademi The carpenter had disappeared, leaving half-finished not one but three images, as they are still today, identified as Krishna, Balarama and their sistier Subhadra.
en 2008 Orissa: An Encyclopaedia of Events 2 https://archive.org/details/orissa-an-encyclopaedia-of-events-2008/page/41/mode/1up Sankalpa Publications 41 She also built a temple at Turintra under Balipatna police station. In this temple three deities Balabhadra (Ananta), Jagannath (Krishna) and Subhadra were carved separately in three chlonite stones.
en river in southern c/India.
en district s/Andhra Pradesh c/India.
en male Sanskrit.
en Sanskrit.
en Nikita Richardson Rice Cakes, Rice Rolls, Rice Sweets w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/dining/rice-cakes-rice-rolls-rice-sweets.html 2022-10-04 Fittingly, I enjoyed those warm and crunchy-tender Korean rice cakes beneath slightly salty ham and a drizzle of floral honey with my colleague Priya Krishna, who first put me on to the rice-cake fundido at Haenyeo in Park Slope, Brooklyn, back in 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20221105003533/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/dining/rice-cakes-rice-rolls-rice-sweets.html
Derived terms
en Krishna Janmashtami Krishnacore Krishnaism Krishnaist Krishnaite Krishnamurthy Krishnamurti Krishnology
Related terms
en Hare Krishna
Translations
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Arabic: ar كْرِيشْنَا m
Armenian: hy Կրիշնա
Assamese: as কৃষ্ণ
Balinese: ban Kresna
Banjarese: bjn Kresna
Bengali: bn কৃষ্ণ, bn কানাই, bn কানু
Bhojpuri: bho कृष्ण
Burmese: my ကရစ်ရှနား
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 黑天 Hēitiān
Czech: cs Kršna m, cs Krišna m
Finnish: fi Krishna
French: fr Krishna m
German: de Krishna m
Greek: el Κρίσνα m
Gujarati: gu કૃષ્ણ, gu માખણચોર m, gu દ્વારકેશ m, gu યદુકુળભૂષણ m, gu યદુકુળમણિ, gu વ્રજેશ m
Hebrew: he קרישנה
Hindi: hi कृष्ण m, hi द्वारकेश m, hi व्रजेश m, hi कृष्णा m, hi कान्हा m, hi किशन m, hi माखन-चोर m, hi कन्हैया m
Indonesian: id Kresna
Japanese: ja クリシュナ Kurishuna
Javanese: jv ꦏꦽꦱ꧀ꦤ Kresna
Kannada: kn ಕೃಷ್ಣ
Kazakh: kk Кришна
Khmer: km ក្រស្នា krɑsnaa
Konkani: kok कृष्ण
Korean: ko ^크리슈나
Kyrgyz: ky Кришна
Maithili: mai कृष्ण
Malayalam: ml കൃഷ്ണൻ
Marathi: mr कृष्ण m
Nepali: ne कृष्ण
Odia: or କୃଷ୍ଣ
Persian: fa کریشنا kerišnâ, fa کرشن krešn
Polish: pl Kryszna m
Portuguese: pt Krishna m, pt Críxena
Punjabi: pa ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ
Russian: ru Кри́шна m
Sanskrit: sa कृष्ण m kṛṣṇá
Slovak: sk Krišna m
Spanish: es Krishna m
Sundanese: su ᮊᮢᮨᮞ᮪ᮔ
Swedish: sv Krishna c
Tamil: ta கிருட்டிணன், ta கண்ணன், ta கிருஷ்ணன்
Telugu: te కృష్ణుడు
Thai: th พระกฤษณะ
Urdu: ur کرشن m kirśan, ur کنھیا m kanhaiyā, ur کشن m kiśan
river
Greek: el Κρίσνα m
Hindi: hi कृष्ण m
Marathi: mr कृष्ण f
Persian: fa کریشنا kerišnâ
Polish: pl Kryszna m
Russian: ru Кри́шна f
Sanskrit: sa कृष्ण kṛṣṇá
Tamil: ta கிருஷ்ணா
Telugu: te కృష్ణానది
Urdu: ur کرشنا f kirśnā
name
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 克里希納 Kèlǐxīnà
Greek: el Κρίσνα m
Hindi: hi कृष्ण m
Japanese: ja クリシュナ Kurishuna
Javanese: jv ꦏꦽꦱ꧀ꦤ Kresna
Korean: ko ^크리슈나
Malayalam: ml കൃഷ്ണൻ, ml കണ്ണൻ
Marathi: mr कृष्ण m
Persian: fa کریشنا kerišnâ
Russian: ru Кри́шна
Tamil: ta கிருஷ்ணா, ta கண்ணன், ta கிருஷ்ணன்
Telugu: te కృష్ణుడు
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Krishna is the 18793rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1458 individuals. Krishna is most common among White (89.3%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
en ahiknrs Harkins rankish
en Bhagavata Purana Hindu deities Mahabharata Vaishnavism
Portuguese
Proper noun
m
pt Hinduism en Krishna a supreme Hindu deity