Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river of southern India rising in the Western Ghats and flowing about 1,290 km (800 mi) eastward to the Bay of Bengal.
- noun The eighth and principal avatar of Vishnu, often depicted as a handsome young man playing a flute. He appears as a charioteer and adviser of Arjuna in the Bhagavad-Gita.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Sanskrit Kṛṣṇaḥ, from kṛṣṇa-, black.]
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