n. 1. A chant to the Hindu god Krishna. 2. Informal a. A member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, founded in the United States in 1966. b. The society itself. [From the chant Hare Krishna : Sanskrit Hare, vocative of Hariḥ, a name of Vishnu (from hari-, yellow-green, tawny yellow; see ghel-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots) + Sanskrit Kṛṣṇa, vocative of Kṛṣṇaḥ, Krishna; see KRISHNA1.] |
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