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Meaning of Krishna | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈkɹɪʃnə

Definitions

  1. A deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism.
  2. A river in southern India.
  3. A district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
  4. A male given name from Sanskrit.
  5. A surname from Sanskrit.

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Examples

“The carpenter had disappeared, leaving half-finished not one but three images, as they are still today, identified as Krishna, Balarama and their sistier Subhadra.”
“She also built a temple at Turintra under Balipatna police station. In this temple three deities Balabhadra (Ananta), Jagannath (Krishna) and Subhadra were carved separately in three chlonite stones.”
“Fittingly, I enjoyed those warm and crunchy-tender Korean rice cakes beneath slightly salty ham and a drizzle of floral honey with my colleague Priya Krishna, who first put me on to the rice-cake fundido at Haenyeo in Park Slope, Brooklyn, back in 2019.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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