- a cult that holds certain Hindu beliefs and stresses devotion to Krishna: it was founded in the U.S. in 1966
- a member of this cult
Origin of Hare Krishna
from Hindi Hari, one of the names of Vishnu + KrishnaHare Krishna
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Hare Krishna
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- A chant to the Hindu god Krishna.
- Informal a. A member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, founded in the United States in 1966.b. The society itself.
Origin of Hare Krishna
From the chant Hare Krishna Sanskrit Hare vocative of Harih a name of Vishnu ( from hari- yellow-green, tawny yellow ; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.)Sanskrit K&rlowdot;&slowdot;&nlowdot;a vocative of K&rlowdot;&slowdot;&nlowdot;ah Krishna ; see Krishna 1.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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