Dictionary meanings for kṛṣṇa from Apte and Monier-Williams.
apte + mw
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. [kṛṣ-nak] 1 Black, dark, dark-blue.
2 Wicked, evil. ṣṇaḥ 1 The black colour.
2 The black antelope.
3 A crow.
4 The (Indi- an) cuckoo.
5 The dark half of a lunar month (from full to new moon).
6 The Kali age.
7 Viṣṇu in his eighth incarnation, born as the son of Vasudeva and Devakī. [Kṛṣṇa is the most celebrated hero of Indian mythology and the most popular of all the deities. Though the real son...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mf (/A) n. black, dark, dark-blue (opposed to śvet/a, śukl/a, r/ohita, and aruṇ/a) RV.; AV. &c 306,2 55142 mf (/A) n. wicked, evil Vop. vii, 82 306,2 55143 m. (with or without pakṣa) the dark half of the lunar month from full to new moon Mn.; Ya1jn5.; Bhag.; Sus3r. 306,2 55144 m. the fourth or Kali-yuga kali-yuga L. 306,2 55145