Krishnavishana, Kṛṣṇaviṣāṇā, Krishna-vishana: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Kṛṣṇaviṣāṇā can be transliterated into English as Krsnavisana or Krishnavishana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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[«previous next»] — Krishnavishana in Sanskrit glossary

Kṛṣṇaviṣāṇā (कृष्णविषाणा).—Ved. the horns of the black antelope.

Kṛṣṇaviṣāṇā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṛṣṇa and viṣāṇā (विषाणा).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

1) Kṛṣṇaviṣāṇa (कृष्णविषाण):—[=kṛṣṇa-viṣāṇa] [from kṛṣṇa] n. the horns of a black antelope (whose inner sides are covered with dark hair), [Lāṭyāyana ix, 1, 23]

2) Kṛṣṇaviṣāṇā (कृष्णविषाणा):—[=kṛṣṇa-viṣāṇā] [from kṛṣṇa] f. idem, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā vi; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa iii, iv, v; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kṛṣṇaviṣāṇā (कृष्णविषाणा):—(kṛṣṇa + vi) f. das Geweih der schwarzen Antilope, dessen innere Seiten mit Haaren besetzt sind. Es wird zum Bürsten verwendet. [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 6, 1, 3, 7.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3, 2, 1, 18. 28. 2, 20. 4, 4, 5, 2. 5, 4, 2, 5.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 7, 3, 29. 4, 36. 10, 8, 13.] viṣāṇa [LĀṬY. 9, 1, 13.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Kṛṣṇaviṣāṇa (कृष्णविषाण):—n. ([Lāṭyāyana’s Śrautasūtra 9,1,23]) und viṣāṇā f. das Geweih der schwarzen Antilope.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung
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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.

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