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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कृष्णkṛṣṇaa.Black, dark, dark-blue.

    [कृष्-नक्]

    1. Black, dark, dark-blue.
    2. Wicked, evil; मनो गुणान्वै सृजते बलीयस्ततश्च कर्माणि विलक्षणानि । शुक्लानि कृष्णान्यथ लोहितानि तेभ्यः सवर्णाः सृतयो भवन्ति ॥ Bhāg. 11.23.44.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -ष्णः

      1. The black colour.
      2. The black antelope; Bhāg.1.35.19.
      3. A crow.
      4. The (Indian) cuckoo.
      5. The dark half of a lunar month (from full to new moon); Bg.8.25.
      6. The Kali age.
      7. Viṣṇu in his eighth incarnation, born as the son of Vasudeva and Devakī. [Kṛiṣna is the most celebrated hero of Indian mythology and the most popular of all the deities. Though the real son of Vasudeva and Devakī and thus a cousin of Kaṁsa, he was, for all practical purposes, the son of Nanda and Yaśodā, by whom he was brought up and in whose house he spent his childhood. It was here that his divine character began to be gradually discovered, when he easily crushed the most redoubtable demons, such as Baka, Pūtanā etc., that were sent to kill him by Kaṁsa, and performed many other feats of surprising strength. The chief companions of his youth were the Gopis or wives of the cowherds of Gokula, among whom Rādhā was his special favourite (Compare Jayadeva'sGitagovinda). He killed Kaṁsa, Naraka, Keśin, Ariṣṭa and a host of other powerful demons. He was a particular friend of Arjuna, to whom he acted as charioteer in the great war, and his staunch support of the cause of the Pāṇḍavas was the main cause of the overthrow of the Kauravas. On several critical occasions, it was Kṛiṣṇa's assistance and inventive mind that stood the Pāṇḍavas in good stead. After the general destruction of the Yādavas at Prabhāsa, he was killed unintentionally by a hunter named Jaras who shot him with an arrow mistaking him at a distance for a deer. He had more than 16 wives, but Rukmiṇi and Satyabhāmā, (as also Rādhā) were his favourites. He is said to have been of dark-blue or cloud-like colour; Compare बहिरिव मलिनतरं तव कृष्ण मनोऽपि भविष्यति नूनं Gīt.8. His son was Pradyumna].
      8. Name of Vyāsa, the reputed author of the Mahābhārata; कुतः सञ्चोदितः कृष्णः कृतवान्संहितां मुनिः Bhāg.1.4.3.
      9. Name of Arjuna.
      10. Aloe wood.
      11. The Supreme spirit.
      12. Black pepper.
      13. Iron.
      14. A Śūdra; कृष्णस्तु केशवे व्यासे कोकिलेऽर्जुनकाकयोः । शूद्रे तामिस्रपक्षेऽग्निकलिनीलगुणेषु च ॥ Nm.
      15. The marking nut (भल्लातक); विरक्तं शोध्यते वस्त्रं न तु कृष्णोपसंहितम् Mb.12.291.1.

    • -ष्णा

      1. Name of Draupadī, wife of the Pāṇḍavas; तेजो हृतं खलु मयाभिहतश्च मत्स्यः सज्जीकृतेन धनुषाधिगता च कृष्णा Bhāg.1.15.7; प्रविश्य कृष्णासदनं महीभुजा Ki.1.26.
      2. Name of a river in the Deccan that joins the sea at Machhalipaṭṭaṇa.
      3. A kind of poisonous insect.
      4. Name of several plants.
      5. A grape.
      6. A kind of perfume.
      7. An epithet of Durgā Bhāg.4.6.7.
      8. One of the 7 tongues of fire.
      9. Name of the river Yamunā; विलोक्य दूषितां कृष्णां कृष्णः कृष्णाहिना विभुः Bhāg.1.16.1.

    • -ष्णी A dark night; रिणक्ति कृष्णीर- रुषाय पन्थाम् Rv.7.71.1.

    • -ष्णम्

      1. Blackness, darkness (moral also); शुक्रा कृष्णादजनिष्ट श्वितीची Rv.1.123.9.
      2. Iron.
      3. Antimony.
      4. The black part of the eye.
      5. Black pepper.
      6. Lead.
      7. An inauspicious act.
      8. Money acquired by gambling.

    • -अगुरु Neuter a kind of sandal-wood.

    • -अचलः an epithet of the mountain Raivataka.

    • -अजिनम् the skin of the black antelope.

    • -अध्वन्, -अर्चिस् Masculine an epithet of fire; Compare कृष्ण- वर्त्मन्.

    • -अयस् Neuter

    • -अयसम्, -आमिषम् iron, crude or black iron.

    • -कृष्णायसस्येव च ते संहत्य हृदयं कृतम् Mb.5.135. 1; वाचारम्भणं विकारो नामधेयं कृष्णायसमित्येव सत्यम् Ch. Up. 6.1.6.

    • -अर्जकः Name of a tree.

    • -अष्टमी, -जन्माष्टमी the 8th day of the dark half of Śrāvaṇa when Kṛiṣṇa, was born; also called गोकुलाष्टमी.

    • -आवासः the holy fig-tree.

    • -उदरः a kind of snake.

    • -कञ्चुकः a kind of Grammar

    • -कन्दम् a red lotus.

    • -कर्मन् Adjective of black deeds, criminal, wicked, depraved, guilty, sinful.

    • -काकः a raven.

    • -कायः a buffalo.

    • -काष्ठम् a kind of sandal-wood, agallochum.

    • -कोहलः a gambler.

    • -गङ्गा the river कृष्णावेणी.

    • -गति fire; ववृधे स तदा गर्भः कक्षे कृष्णगतिर्यथा Mb.13.85.56; आयोघने कृष्णगतिं सहायम् R.6.42.

    • -गर्भाः

      1. (Feminine Plural)
      2. the pregnant wives of the demon Kṛiṣṇa; यः कृष्णगर्भा निरहन्नृजिश्वना Rv.1.11.1.
      3. waters in the interiors of the clouds.

    • -गोधा a kind of poisonous insect.

    • -ग्रीवः Name of Śiva.

    • -चञ्चुकः a kind of pea.

    • -चन्द्रः Name of Vasudeva.

    • -चर Adjective what formerly belonged to Kṛiṣṇa.

    • -चूर्णम् rust of iron, iron-filings.

    • -च्छविः

      1. Feminine
      2. the skin of the black antelope.
      3. a black cloud; कृष्णच्छविसमा कृष्णा Mb.4.6.9.

    • -ताम्रम् a kind of sandal wood.

    • -तारः

      1. a species of antelope.
      2. an antelope (in general) -तालु Masculine a kind of horse having black palate; Compare शालिहोत्र of भोज, 67.

    • -त्रिवृता Name of a tree.

    • -देहः a large black bee.

    • -धनम् money got by foul means.

    • -द्वादशी the twelfth day in the dark half of Āṣaḍha.

    • -द्वैपायनः Name of Vyāsa; तमहमरागमकृष्णं कृष्णद्वैपायनं वन्दे Ve.1.4.

    • -पक्षः

      1. the dark half of a lunar month; रावणेन हृता सीता कृष्णपक्षेऽ- सिताष्टमी Mahān.
      2. an epithet of Arjuna;

    • -पदी a female with black feet, -पविः an epithet of Agni.

    • -पाकः Name of a tree (Marâthî करवंद).

    • -पिङ्गल Adjective dark-brown. (-ला) Name of Durgā.

    • -पिण्डीतकः (-पिण्डीरः) Name of a tree (Marâthî काळा गेळा).

    • -पुष्पी Name of a tree (Marâthî काळा धोत्रा).

    • -फलः (-ला) Name of a tree (Marâthî काळें जिरें).

    • -बीजम् a watermelon.

    • -भस्मन् sulphate of mecury.

    • -मृगः the black antelope; शृङ्गे कृष्णमृगस्य वामनयनं कण्डूयमानां मृगीम् Ś.6.17.

    • -मुखः, -वक्त्रः, -वदनः the black-faced monkey.

    • -मृत्तिका

      1. black earth.
      2. the gunpowder.

    • -यजुर्वेदः the Taittirīya or black Yajurveda.

    • -यामः an epithet of Agni; वृश्चद्वनं कृष्णयामं रुशन्तम् Rv.6.6.1.

    • -रक्तः dark-red colour.

    • -रूप्य Equivalent to denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedचर quod vide, which see

    • -लवणम्

      1. a kind of black salt.
      2. a factitious salt.

    • -लोहः the loadstone.

    • -वर्णः

      1. black colour.
      2. Name of Rāhu.
      3. a Śūdra; विडूरुङ्घ्रिश्रितकृष्णवर्णः Bhāg.2.1.37.

    • -वर्त्मन्

      1. Masculine
      2. fire; श्रद्दधे त्रिदशगोपमात्रके दाहशक्तिमिव कृष्णवर्त्मनि R.11.42; Ms.2.94.
      3. Name of Rāhu.
      4. a low man, profligate, black-guard.

    • -विषाणा Vedic the horns of the black antelope.

    • -वेणी Name of a river.

    • -शकुनिः a crow; Av.19.57.4.

    • -शारः, -सारः, -सारङ्गः the spotted antelope; कृष्णसारे ददच्चक्षुस्त्वयि चाधिज्यकार्मुके Ś.1.6; V.4.31; पीयूषभानाविव कृष्णसारः Rām. Ch.1.3.

    • -शृङ्गः a buffalo.

    • -सखः, -सारथिः an epithet of Arjuna. (-खी) cummin seed (Marâthî जिरें).

    • -स्कन्धः Name of a tree (Marâthî तमाल).

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कृष्णkṛṣṇa(in comp.)
    1. (in compound)
    2. mf(/आ)neuter gender black, dark, dark-blue (opposed to श्वेत्/अ, शुक्ल्/अ, र्/ओहित, and अरुण्/अ) fg-veda AV. etc.
    3. mf(/आ)neuter gender wicked, evil Vop. vii, 82
    4. masculine gender (with or without पक्ष) the dark half of the lunar month from full to new moon Mn. Ya1jn5. Bhag. Sus3r.
    5. masculine gender the fourth or Kali-yuga कलि-युग Lexicographers
    6. masculine gender black (the colour) or dark-blue (which is often confounded with black by the Hindu1s Hindus) Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender the antelope fg-veda x, 94, 5 VS. TS. S3Br. BhP.
    8. masculine gender a kind of animal feeding on carrion AV. xi, 2, 2 (कृष्ण्/अ)
    9. masculine gender the Indian cuckoo or Kokila (confer, compare R. ii, 52, 2) Lexicographers
    10. masculine gender a crow Lexicographers
    11. masculine gender Carissa Carandas Lexicographers
    12. masculine gender Name of one of the poets of the fg-veda (descended from An3giras अङ्गिरस्) fg-veda viii, 85, 3 and 4 S3a1n3khBr. xxx, 9
    13. masculine gender (a son of Devaki1 देवकी and pupil of Ghora घोर A1n3girasa आङ्गिरस) ChUp. iii, 17, 6
    14. masculine gender Name of a celebrated Avata1r Avatar of the god Vishn2u विष्णु, or sometimes identified with Vishn2u विष्णु himself ([MBh. v, 2563; xiv, 1589 ff. Hariv. 2359 etc.]) as distinct from his ten Avata1rs Avatars or incarnations (in the earlier legends he appears as a great hero and teacher [MBh. Bhag.]; in the more recent he is deified, and is often represented as a young and amorous shepherd with flowing hair and a flute in his hand; the following are a few particulars of his birth and history as related in Hariv. 3304 ff. and in the Pura1n2as पुराण s etc.: Vasu-deva वसु-देव, who was a descendant of Yadu यदु and Yaya1ti ययाति, had two wives, Rohin2i1 रोहिणी and Devaki1 देवकी; the latter had eight sons of whom the eighth was Kr2ishn2a कृष्ण; Kan6sa कंस, king of Mathura1 मथुरा and cousin of Devaki1 देवकी, was informed by a prediction that one of these sons would kill him; he therefore kept Vasu-deva वसु-देव and his wife in confinement, and slew their first six children; the seventh was Balara1ma बलराम who was saved by being abstracted from the womb of Devaki1 देवकी and transferred to that of Rohin2i1 रोहिणी; the eighth was Kr2ishn2a कृष्ण who was born with black skin and a peculiar mark on his breast; his father Vasu-deva वसु-देव managed to escape from Mathura1 मथुरा with the child, and favoured by the gods found a herdsman named Nanda नन्द whose wife Yas3o-da1 यशो-दा had just been delivered of a son which Vasu-deva वसु-देव conveyed to Devaki1 देवकी after substituting his own in its place. Nanda नन्द with his wife Yas3o-da1 यशो-दा took the infant Kr2ishn2a कृष्ण and settled first in Gokula गोकुल or Vraja व्रज, and afterwards in Vr2inda1vana वृन्दावन, where Kr2ishn2a कृष्ण and Bala-ra1ma बल-राम grew up together, roaming in the woods and joining in the sports of the herdsmen's sons Page306,3; Kr2ishn2a कृष्ण as a youth contested the sovereignty of Indra इन्द्र, and was victorious over that god, who descended from heaven to praise Kr2ishn2a कृष्ण, and made him lord over the cattle [Hariv. 3787 ff.; 7456 ff. VP.]; Kr2ishn2a कृष्ण is described as sporting constantly with the Gopi1s गोपी s or shepherdesses [Hariv. 4078 ff.; 8301 ff. VP. Gi1t.] of whom a thousand became his wives, though only eight are specified, Ra1dha1 राधा being the favourite [Hariv. 6694 ff.; 9177 ff. VP.]; Kr2ishn2a कृष्ण built and fortified a city called Dva1raka1 द्वारका in Gujara1t Gujarat, and thither transported the inhabitants of Mathura1 मथुरा after killing Kan6sa कंस; Kr2ishn2a कृष्ण had various wives besides the Gopi1s गोपी s, and by Rukmin2i1 रुक्मिणी had a son Pradyumna प्रद्युम्न who is usually identified with Ka1ma-deva काम-देव; with Jains, Kr2ishn2a कृष्ण is one of the nine black Vasu-deva वसु-देव s; with Buddhists Buddhists he is the chief of the black demons, who are the enemies of Buddha बुद्ध and the white demons)
    15. masculine gender Name of an attendant in Skanda स्कन्द 's retinue MBh. ix, 2559
    16. masculine gender of an Asura असुर Hariv. 12936 Sa1y. on fg-veda i, 101, 1
    17. masculine gender of a king of the Na1gas नाग s MBh. ii, 360 DivyA7v. ii
    18. masculine gender of Arjuna अर्जुन (the most renowned of the Pa1n2d2u पाण्डु princes, so named apparently from his colour as a child) MBh. iv, 1389
    19. masculine gender of Vya1sa व्यास MBh. Hariv. 11089
    20. masculine gender of Ha1rita हारित see -हारित
    21. masculine gender of a son of S3uka शुक by Pi1vari1 पीवरी (teacher of the Yoga योग) Hariv. 980 ff.
    22. masculine gender of a pupil of Bharad-va1ja भरद्-वाज Katha1s. vii, 15
    23. masculine gender of Havir-dha1na हविर्-धान Hariv. 83 VP. BhP. iv, 24, 8
    24. masculine gender of a son of Arjuna अर्जुन Hariv. 1892
    25. masculine gender of an adopted son of A-saman5jas अ-समञ्जस्, 2039
    26. masculine gender of a chief of the Andhras अन्ध्र s VP.
    27. masculine gender of the author of a commentator or commentary on the MBh.
    28. masculine gender of a poet
    29. masculine gender of the author of a commentator or commentary on the Daya1-bha1ga दया-भाग
    30. masculine gender of the son of Kes3ava7rka केशवा*र्क and grandson of Jaya7ditya जया*दित्य
    31. masculine gender of the father of Ta1na-bhat2t2a तान-भट्ट and uncle of Ran3ga-na1tha रङ्ग-नाथ
    32. masculine gender of the father of Da1mo7dara दामो*दर and uncle of Malhan2a मल्हण
    33. masculine gender of the father of Prabhu1ji1ka प्रभूजीक and uncle of Vidya1-dhara विद्या-धर
    34. masculine gender of the father of Madana मदन
    35. masculine gender of the grammarian Ra1ma-candra राम-चन्द्र
    36. masculine gender of the son of Va1run2e7ndra वारुणे*न्द्र and father of Lakshman2a लक्ष्मण
    37. masculine gender of the father of Hi1ra-bhat2t2a हीर-भट्ट (author of the commentator or commentary called Carakabha1shya चरकभाष्य, and of the work Sa1hitya-sudha1-samudra साहित्य-सुधा-समुद्र)
    38. masculine gender Name of a hell VP.
    39. masculine gender plural Name of the S3u1dras शूद्र s in S3a1lmala-dvi1pa शाल्मल-द्वीप VP.
    40. neuter gender blackness, darkness, i, 123, 1 and 9
    41. masculine gender the black part of the eye S3Br. x, xii, xiii, xiv Sus3r.
    42. masculine gender the black spots in the moon TBr. i, 2, 1, 2
    43. masculine gender a kind of demon or spirit of darkness fg-veda iv, 16, 13
    44. masculine gender black pepper Lexicographers
    45. masculine gender black Agallochum Lexicographers
    46. masculine gender iron Lexicographers
    47. masculine gender lead Lexicographers
    48. masculine gender antimony Lexicographers
    49. masculine gender blue vitriol Lexicographers
    50. masculine gender ([confer, compare क्/आर्ष्ण, etc.; confer, compare also Russian c8ernyi, "black."])
    51. Nominal verb Parasmaipada that the rest of a word is to be suppliedष्णति, to behave or act like Kr2ishn2a कृष्ण Vop. xxi, 7.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. कृष्णkṛṣṇa[krish-ná] n. black; dark; w. paksha, dark half of the month (from full to new moon); m. (kríshna) black…

    [krish-ná] neuter black; dark; with paksha, dark half of the month (from full to new moon); masculine (kríshna) black antelope; noun of a god (in carnation of Vishnu): dual Krishna and Ar guna; â, feminine; also equal for kind of leech; noun of several plants; epithet of Draupadî, and of Durgâ; neuter blackness, darkness.

    Source: Macdonell

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