Karshna, Kārṣṇa, Kārṣṇā: 10 definitions
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Karshna means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit terms Kārṣṇa and Kārṣṇā can be transliterated into English as Karsna or Karshna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: Shodhganga: Iconographical representations of Śiva (pancaratra)Kārṣṇā (कार्ष्णा) or Kārṣṇāsaṃhitā is the name of a Vaiṣṇava Āgama scripture, classified as a tāmasa type of the Muniprokta group of Pāñcarātra Āgamas. The vaiṣṇavāgamas represent one of the three classes of āgamas (traditionally communicated wisdom).—Texts of the Pāñcara Āgamas are divided in to two sects. It is believed that Lord Vāsudeva revealed the first group of texts which are called Divya and the next group is called Muniprokta which are further divided in to three viz. a. Sāttvika. b. Rājasa. c. Tāmasa (e.g., Kārṣṇā-saṃhitā).
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsKārṣṇa (कार्ष्ण):—Blackish discoloration of the skin
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKārṣṇa (कार्ष्ण).—a. (-ṣṇī f.) [कृष्ण-अण् (kṛṣṇa-aṇ)]
1) Belonging to Kṛṣṇa or Viṣṇu; कार्ष्णेन पत्रिणा शत्रुः स भिन्नहृदयः पतन् (kārṣṇena patriṇā śatruḥ sa bhinnahṛdayaḥ patan) R.15.24.
2) Belonging to Vyāsa.
3) Belonging to the black antelope; Manusmṛti 2.41.
4) Black.
-rṣṇam Ved. The skin of the black antelope.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKārṣṇa (कार्ष्ण).—mfn.
(-rṣṇaḥ-rṣṇī-rṣṇaṃ) 1. Black. 2. Of or belonging to the black antelope. m.
(-rṣṇaḥ) The black antelope. E. kṛṣṇa, and aṇ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKārṣṇa (कार्ष्ण).—i. e. kṛṣṇa + a, adj. f. ṇī. 1. Made of the hide of the black antelope, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 41. 2. Composed by Kṛṣṇa, Mahābhārata 1, 261.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKārṣṇa (कार्ष्ण).—[feminine] ī pertaining to the black antelope the dark half of the month, or to Kṛṣṇa; [neuter] the skin of the black antelope.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kārṣṇa (कार्ष्ण):—mf(ī)n. ([from] kṛṣṇa), coming from or belonging to the black antelope, made of the skin of the black antelope, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā v, 4, 4, 4; Lāṭyāyana; Manu-smṛti ii, 41]
2) belonging to the dark half of a month
3) belonging to the god Kṛṣṇa or to Kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana or composed by him etc. (e.g. kārṣṇaveda id est. the Mahā-bhārata, [Mahābhārata i, 261 & 2300]), [Raghuvaṃśa xv, 24]
4) belonging to a descendant of Kṛṣṇa [gana] kaṇvādi
5) n. the skin of the black antelope, [Atharva-veda xi, 5, 6]
6) Name of two Sāmans, [Ārṣeya-brāhmaṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKārṣṇa (कार्ष्ण):—[(rṣṇaḥ-rṣṇī-rṣṇaṃ) a.] Black; of the black antelope. m. Black antelope.
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Starts with: Karshnajina, Karshnajini, Karshnajinismriti, Karshnakarna, Karshnasamhita, Karshnasundari, Karshnayana, Karshnayasa.
Full-text: Karshnakarna, Karshnayana, Karshnasundari, Karshnajina, Karshni, Karshnayasa, Karshnya, Karshnajini, Karshnasamhita, Krishna.
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