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Hare Krishna definition

Hare Krishna (hä′rē kris̸h′nə)

  1. a cult that holds certain Hindu beliefs and stresses devotion to Krishna: it was founded in the U.S. in 1966
  2. a member of this cult

Etymology: < Hindi Hari, one of the names of Vishnu + Krishna

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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