Gopis

kṛishṇá

wicked, evil Vop. VII, 82 ;
m. (with orﾠ without paksha) the dark half of the lunar month from full to new moon Mn. Yājñ. Bhag. Suṡr. ;
the fourth orﾠ Kali-yuga L. ;
( kṛíshṇas) m. black (the colour) orﾠ dark-blue (which is often confounded with black by the Hindūs) L. ;
the antelope RV. X, 94, 5 VS. TS. ṠBr. BhP. ;
a kind of animal feeding on carrion AV. XI, 2, 2 ( kṛishṇá);
the Indian cuckoo orﾠ Kokila (cf. R. II, 52, 2) L. ;
a crow L. ;
Carissa Carandas L. ;
N. of one of the poets of the RV. (descended from Aṇgiras) RV. VIII, 85, 3 and 4 ṠāṇkhBr. XXX, 9 ;
(a son of Devakī andﾠ pupil of Ghora Āṇgirasa) ChUp. III, 17, 6 ;
N. of a celebrated Avatār of the god Vishṇu,
orﾠ sometimes identified with Vishṇu himself MBh. V, 2563; XIV, 1589 ff. Hariv. 2359 etc.. ;
as distinct from his ten Avatārs orﾠ incarnations (in the earlier legends he appears as a great hero andﾠ teacher MBh. Bhag. ;
in the more recent he is deified, andﾠ is often represented as a young andﾠ amorous shepherd with flowing hair andﾠ a flute in his hand;
the following are a few particulars of his birth andﾠ history as related in Hariv. 3304 ff. andﾠ in the Purāṇas etc.:
Vasu-deva, who was a descendant of Yadu andﾠ Yayāti, had two wives, Rohiṇī andﾠ Devakī;
the latter had eight sons of whom the eighth was Kṛishṇa;
Kaṇsa, king of Mathurā andﾠ cousin of Devakī, was informed by a prediction that one of these sons would kill him;
he therefore kept Vasu-deva andﾠ his wife in confinement, andﾠ slew their first six children;
the seventh was Balarāma who was saved by being abstracted from the womb of Devakī andﾠ transferred to that of Rohiṇī;
the eighth was Kṛishṇa who was born with black skin andﾠ a peculiar mark on his breast;
his father Vasu-deva managed to escape from Mathurā with the child, andﾠ favoured by the gods found a herdsman named Nanda whose wife Yaṡo-dā had just been delivered of a son which Vasu-deva conveyed to Devakī after substituting his own in its place
Nanda with his wife Yaṡo-dā took the infant Kṛishṇa andﾠ settled first in Gokula orﾠ Vraja, andﾠ afterwards in Vṛindāvana, where Kṛishṇa andﾠ Bala-rāma grew up together, roaming in the woods andﾠ joining in the sports of the herdsmen's sons;
Kṛishṇa as a youth contested the sovereignty of Indra, andﾠ was victorious over that god, who descended from heaven to praise Kṛishṇa, andﾠ made him lord over the cattle Hariv. 3787 ff.; 7456 ff. VP. ;
Kṛishṇa is described as sporting constantly with the Gopīs orﾠ shepherdesses Hariv. 4078 ff.; 8301 ff. VP. Gīt. ;
of whom a thousand became his wives, though only eight are specified, Rādhā being the favourite Hariv. 6694 ff.; 9177 ff. VP. ;
Kṛishṇa built andﾠ fortified a city called Dvārakā in Gujarāt, andﾠ thither transported the inhabitants of Mathurā after killing Kaṇsa;
Kṛishṇa had various wives besides the Gopīs, andﾠ by Rukmiṇī had a son Pradyumna who is usually identified with Kāma-deva;
with Jains, Kṛishṇa is one of the nine black Vasu-devas;
with Buddhists he is the chief of the black demons, who are the enemies of Buddha andﾠ the white demons);
N. of an attendant in Skanda's retinue MBh. IX, 2559 ;
of an Asura Hariv. 12936 Sāy. on RV. I, 101, 1 ;
of a king of the Nāgas MBh. II, 360 Divyâ̱v. II ;
of Arjuna (the most renowned of the Pāṇḍu princes, so named apparently from his colour as a child)
MBh. IV, 1389 ;
of Vyāsa MBh. Hariv. 11089 ;
of Hārita seeﾠ - hārita;
of a son of Ṡuka by Pīvarī (teacher of the Yoga) Hariv. 980 ff. ;
of a pupil of Bharad-vāja Kathās. VII, 15 ;
of Havir-dhāna Hariv. 83 VP. BhP. IV, 24, 8 ;
of a son of Arjuna Hariv. 1892 ;
of an adopted son of A.-samañjas, 2039;
of a chief of the Andhras VP. ;
of the author of a Comm. on the MBh. ;
of a poet;
of the author of a Comm. on the Dayā-bhāga ;
of the son of Keṡavârka andﾠ grandson of Jayâditya;
of the father of Tāna-bhaṭṭa andﾠ uncle of Raṇga-nātha;
of the father of Dāmôdara andﾠ uncle of Malhaṇa;
of the father of Prabhūjika andﾠ uncle of Vidyā-dhara;
of the father of Madana;
of the grammarian Rāma-candra;
of the son of Vāruṇêndra andﾠ father of Lakshmaṇa;
of the father of Hīra-bhaṭṭa (author of the Comm. called Carakabhāshya, andﾠ of the work Sāhitya-sudhā-samudra);
N. of a hell VP. ;
(au) m. du. Kṛishṇa andﾠ Arjuna MBh. I, 8287; III, 8279 ;
(ās) m. pl. N. of the Ṡūdras in Ṡālmala-dvīpa VP. ;
(ā) f. a kind of leech Suṡr. ;
a kind of venomous insect ib. ;
N. of several plants (Piper longum L. ;
the Indigo plant L. ;
a grape L. ;
a Punar-navā with dark blossoms L. ;
Gmelina arborea L. ;
Nigella indica L. ;
Sinapis ramosa L. ;
Vernonia anthelminthica L. ;
= kākolī L. ;
a sort of Sārivā L.) Suṡr. ;
a kind of perfume (= parpaṭī) Bhpr. ;
N. of Draupadī MBh. ;
of Durgā MBh. IV, 184 ;
of one of the seven tongues of fire L. Sch. ;
of one of the mothers in Skanda's retinue MBh. IX, 2640 ;
of a Yoginī Hcat. ;
(with orﾠ without gaṅgā) N. of the river Kistna MBh. XIII, 4888 PadmaP. NārP. ;
(ī́) f. night RV. VII, 71, 1 ;
(ám) n. blackness, darkness, I, 123, 1 and 9 ;
the black part of the eye ṠBr. X, XII, XIII, XIV Suṡr. ;
the black spots in the moon TBr. I, 2, 1, 2 ;
a kind of demon orﾠ spirit of darkness RV. IV, 16, 13 ;
black pepper L. ;
black Agallochum L. ;
iron L. ;
lead L. ;
antimony L. ;
blue vitriol L. ;
<cf. kā́rshṇa, etc.;
cf. alsoﾠ Russ. černyi, « black» >
kṛishṇa

- कृष्णकटुका
- कृष्णकन्द
- कृष्णकरविर
- कृष्णकर्कटक
- कृष्णकर्ण
- कृष्णकर्बुरवर्ण
- कृष्णकर्मन्
- कृष्णकलि
- कृष्णकवच
- कृष्णकाक
- कृष्णकापोती
- कृष्णकाष्ठ
- कृष्णकिंकरप्रक्रिया
- कृष्णकीर्तन
- कृष्णकुतूहल
- कृष्णकेलि
- कृष्णकेश
- कृष्णकोहल
- कृष्णक्रीडित
- कृष्णखण्ड
- कृष्णगङ्गा
- कृष्णगति
- कृष्णगन्धा
- कृष्णगर्भ
- कृष्णगल
- कृष्णगिरि
- कृष्णगुप्त
- कृष्णगुल्म
- कृष्णगोधा
- कृष्णग्रीव
- कृष्णचञ्चुक
- कृष्णचतुर्दशी
- कृष्णचन्द्र
- कृष्णचर
- कृष्णचूडा
- कृष्णचूडिका
- कृष्णचूर्ण
- कृष्णचैतन्य
- कृष्णच्छवि
- कृष्णज
- कृष्णजंहस्
- कृष्णजटा
- कृष्णजनक
- कृष्णजन्मखण्ड
- कृष्णजन्माष्टमी
- कृष्णजी
- कृष्णजीर
- कृष्णजीरक
- कृष्णजीवनी
- कृष्णज्योतिर्विद्
- कृष्णतण्डुला
- कृष्णतर्कालंकार
- कृष्णता
- कृष्णताम्र
- कृष्णतार
- कृष्णताल
- कृष्णतिल
- कृष्णतिल्य
- कृष्णतीर्थ
- कृष्णतुण्ड
- कृष्णतूष
- कृष्णत्रिवृता
- कृष्णत्व
- कृष्णदत्त
- कृष्णदन्त
- कृष्णदर्शन
- कृष्णदश
- कृष्णदास
- कृष्णदीक्षित
- कृष्णदेव
- कृष्णदेह
- कृष्णदैवज्ञ
- कृष्णद्र
- कृष्णद्वादशी
- कृष्णद्वैपायन
- कृष्णधत्तूर
- कृष्णधत्तूरक
- कृष्णधान्य
- कृष्णधूर्जटिदीक्षित
- कृष्णनगर
- कृष्णनन्दन
- कृष्णनयन
- कृष्णनेत्र
- कृष्णपक्ष
- कृष्णपक्षिक
- कृष्णपक्षीय
- कृष्णपण्डित
- कृष्णपदी
- कृष्णपर्णी
- कृष्णपवि
- कृष्णपांसु
- कृष्णपाक
- कृष्णपाण्डुर
- कृष्णपिङ्गल
- कृष्णपिङ्गा
- कृष्णपिण्डीतक
- कृष्णपिण्डीर
- कृष्णपिपीली
- कृष्णपिल्ल
- कृष्णपुच्छ
- कृष्णपुच्छक
- कृष्णपुरुषोत्तमसिद्धान्तोपनिषद्
- कृष्णपुष्प
- कृष्णप्रुत्
- कृष्णप्रेमामृत
- कृष्णफल
- कृष्णबन्धु
- कृष्णबर्बरक
- कृष्णबलक्ष
- कृष्णबीज
- कृष्णभक्त
- कृष्णभक्ति
- कृष्णभक्ष
- कृष्णभगिनी
- कृष्णभट्ट
- कृष्णभट्टीय
- कृष्णभस्मन्
- कृष्णभुजंग
- कृष्णभू
- कृष्णभूम
- कृष्णभूमिक
- कृष्णभूमिजा
- कृष्णभेदा
- कृष्णभोगिन्
- कृष्णमण्डल
- कृष्णमत्स्य
- कृष्णमल्लिका
- कृष्णमसूर
- कृष्णमार्ग
- कृष्णमार्गण
- कृष्णमालुक
- कृष्णमित्र
- कृष्णमिश्र
- कृष्णमुख
- कृष्णमुद्ग
- कृष्णमूली
- कृष्णमृग
- कृष्णमृत्तिक
- कृष्णमृद्
- कृष्णमौनिन्
- कृष्णयजुर्वेद
- कृष्णयजुर्वेदीय
- कृष्णयाम
- कृष्णयामल
- कृष्णयुधिष्ठिरधर्मगोष्ठी
- कृष्णयोनि
- कृष्णरक्त
- कृष्णराज
- कृष्णराम
- कृष्णरामाय
- कृष्णरुहा
- कृष्णरूप्य
- कृष्णललाम
- कृष्णलवण
- कृष्णलीलातरंगिणी
- कृष्णलोह
- कृष्णलोहित
- कृष्णवक्त्र
- कृष्णवर्ण
- कृष्णवर्तनि
- कृष्णवर्त्मन्
- कृष्णवल्लिका
- कृष्णवल्ली
- कृष्णवस्त्र
- कृष्णवानर
- कृष्णवाल
- कृष्णवास
- कृष्णवासस्
- कृष्णविनोद
- कृष्णविन्ना
- कृष्णविषाण
- कृष्णवृन्ता
- कृष्णवृन्तिका
- कृष्णवेणा
- कृष्णवेण्णा
- कृष्णवेण्या
- कृष्णवेण्वा
- कृष्णवेत्र
- कृष्णव्यथिस्
- कृष्णव्याल
- कृष्णव्रीहि
- कृष्णशकुनि
- कृष्णशक्ति
- कृष्णशंकरशर्मन्
- कृष्णशफ
- कृष्णशबल
- कृष्णशर्मन्
- कृष्णशल्किन्
- कृष्णशालि
- कृष्णशिंशपा
- कृष्णशिग्रु
- कृष्णशिम्बिका
- कृष्णशिम्बी
- कृष्णशिला
- कृष्णशृङ्ग
- कृष्णशृत
- कृष्णषष्टिक
- कृष्णषष्टिका
- कृष्णसख
- कृष्णसमुद्भवा
- कृष्णसरस्
- कृष्णसर्प
- कृष्णसर्षप
- कृष्णसार
- कृष्णसारङ्ग
- कृष्णसारथि
- कृष्णसारिवा
- कृष्णसार्वभौम
- कृष्णसिंह
- कृष्णसीत
- कृष्णसुन्दर
- कृष्णसू
- कृष्णसूत्र
- कृष्णसूनु
- कृष्णसेवाह्निक
- कृष्णसैरेयक
- कृष्णस्कन्ध
- कृष्णस्वसृ
- कृष्णहारित
- कृष्णाक्ष
- कृष्णागत
- कृष्णागरुकाष्ठ
- कृषागुरु
- कृष्णाग्रज
- कृष्णाङ्ग
- कृष्णाङ्घ्रि
- कृष्णाचल
- कृष्णाजिन
- कृष्णाजिनिन्
- कृष्णाञ्जनगिरि
- कृष्णाञ्जनी
- कृष्णाञ्जि
- कृष्णात्रेय
- कृष्णाध्वन्
- कृष्णानदी
- कृष्णानन्द
- कृष्णान्तर
- कृष्णाभा
- कृष्णाभ्र
- कृष्णाभ्रक
- कृष्णामिष
- कृष्णामृततरंगिका
- कृष्णामृततमहार्णव
- कृष्णायस्
- कृष्णायस
- कृष्णार्चनविधि
- कृष्णार्चिस्
- कृष्णार्जक
- कृष्णालंकार
- कृष्णालु
- कृष्णाल्पक
- कृष्णावतार
- कृष्णावदात
- कृष्णावास
- कृष्णाश्रय
- कृष्णाश्रित
- कृष्णाष्टमिरत
- कृष्णाष्टमी
- कृष्णाहि
- कृष्णाह्वय
- कृष्णेक्षु
- कृष्णैत
- कृष्णोदर
- कृष्णोदुम्बरिका
- कृष्णोपनिषद्
- कृष्णोरग
- कृष्णोस्याखरेष्ठक
- कृष्णौजस्

keli-vṛiksha

gītá-govinda

N. of a lyrical drama by Jayadeva (probably written in the beginning of the twelfth century;
it is a mystical erotic poem describing the loves of Kṛishṇa andﾠ the Gopīs, especially of Kṛishṇa andﾠ Rādhā, who is supposed to typify the human soul)

brahma-vaivarta
brahma-vaivartaka

N. of a Purāṇa (one of the most modern of the 18, containing prayers andﾠ invocations addressed to Kṛishṇa with narratives about his loves for the Gopīs andﾠ Rādhā etc.) VP. Pañcar. (IW. 514 etc..) ;
- ta-rahasya n. - ta-sāra m. N. of wks.

brahma-vaivarta
brahma-vaivartaka

N. of a Purāṇa (one of the most modern of the 18, containing prayers andﾠ invocations addressed to Kṛishṇa with narratives about his loves for the Gopīs andﾠ Rādhā etc.) VP. Pañcar. (IW. 514 etc..) ;
- ta-rahasya n. - ta-sāra m. N. of wks.

máṇḍala-nṛitya

rāsa

N. of a partic. rustic dance practised by cowherds, (esp.) the dance practised by Kṛishṇa andﾠ the Gopīs Hariv. Pur. Gīt. etc. (cf. rāsaka);
any sport orﾠ play L. ;
a legend (?), in narmadā-sundarī-r- (q.v.);
= bhāshā-ṡṛiṅkhalaka L. ;
- रासक्रीडा
- रासगीतिका
- रासगोष्ठी
- रासपञ्चाध्यायी
- रासप्रणेतृ
- रासमञ्जरी
- रासमण्डल
- रासमहोत्सव
- रासयात्रा
- रासविलास
- राससुन्दरमहाकाव्य
- रासेरस

rāsa-yātrā

- paddhati f. - viveka m. N. of wks.

hāraka

removing, taking upon one's self ( seeﾠ samagra-mala-h-);
ravishing, captivating (in gopī-nayana-h-, « captivating the eyes of the Gopīs» Pañcar.);
m. a thief, robber L. ;
a gambler, cheat, rogue Rājat. ;
a divisor Āryabh. Sch. ;
a string of pearls Pañcat. ;
Trophis Aspera L. ;
a kind of prose composition L. ;
a kind of science L. ;
( ikā) f. a kind of metre Col

holākā

it is celebrated during the ten days preceding the full moon of the month Phālguna, when people sprinkle red powder in sport andﾠ light fires;
in some parts of India the Holī festival corresponds to orﾠ immediately precedes the Dolā-yatrā q.v.) RTL. 430.