Krish·na 1 (kr sh n )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 K    a , from ka-, black.]Krish na·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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| Noun | 1. | 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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