Krishnashakti, Kṛṣṇaśakti: 4 definitions
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Krishnashakti 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 term Kṛṣṇaśakti can be transliterated into English as Krsnasakti or Krishnashakti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraKṛṣṇaśakti (कृष्णशक्ति) is the name of a Rājput from Dakṣiṇāpatha (the Deccan), as mentioned in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 124. Accordingly, “... then one day a Rājpūt named Kṛṣṇaśakti, who had been oppressed by the members of his clan, came there from the Deccan. He went to the palace gate surrounded by five hundred Rājpūts, and took on himself the vow of kārpaṭika to the king. And though the king tried to dissuade him, he made this declaration: ‘I will serve King Vikramāditya for twelve years’”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Kṛṣṇaśakti, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛṣṇaśakti (कृष्णशक्ति):—[=kṛṣṇa-śakti] [from kṛṣṇa] m. Name of a man, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Krishna, Shakti.
Full-text: Omkarapitha, Khandavataka.
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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.18.148 < [Chapter 18 - Mahāprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopī]
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Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter CXXIV < [Book XVIII - Viṣamaśīla]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 8 - The incarnations of Vyāsa < [Section 7.2 - Vāyavīya-saṃhitā (2)]
Shri Gaudiya Kanthahara (by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati)
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