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Krishnaism
(redirected from Gaudiya Vaishnavism)

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Krish·na 1  (krshn)
n. Hinduism
The eighth and principal avatar of Vishnu, often depicted as a handsome young man playing a flute. He appears as a charioteer and advisor of Arjuna in the Bhagavad-Gita.
[Sanskrit Ka, from ka-, black.]
Krishna·ism n.
Krish·na 2  (krshn) also Kist·na (kst-)
A river of southern India rising in the Western Ghats and flowing about 1,287 km (800 mi) eastward to the Bay of Bengal.
Krishnaism
the worship of Krishna as the eighth incarnation of the god Vishnu, the preserver-god of the Hindu trinity.
See also: Hinduism
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Noun1.Krishnaism - worship of Krishna the 8th avatar of Vishnu
Hindooism, Hinduism - a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils
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