As a deity name
Name 63 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
Name 107 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
घनश्याम · adj
बादलों के समान काला — Śabdasāgara
घनश्याम · noun · masculine
काला बादल · श्रीकृष्ण · रामचंद्र जी — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘dark like a cloud (cf., )’, Kṛṣṇa
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Dictionary citations
ghana—śyāma m. ‘dark like a cloud (cf. Pāṇ. ii, 1, 55, Kāś.)’, Kṛṣṇa, VP. v, 18, 39
Rāma, Mahān.
N. of a copyist (of the last century).
ghanaśyāma mfn. (-maḥ-mā-maṃ) Black, deep black, as that of heavy clouds. m. (-maḥ) 1 RĀMA. 2 KṚṢṆA. E. ghana, and śyāma black.
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