Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“evil”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 212 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 180 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 202 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 964 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“evil”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
कृष्णा · noun · feminine
द्रौपदी · पीपल । पिप्पली · दक्षिण देश की एक नदी जो पश्चिमी घाट से निकलकर (मछली- पटटम् में) बंगाल की खाड़ी में गिरती है । कृष्णगंगा । कृष्ण- वेणी — Śabdasāgara
कृष्णा · kr̤ishṇā · s.f.
Long pepper; an epithet of the goddess Durgā; name of several plants — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 826
कृष्णा · feminine
a name of Draupadi (the wife of the 5 Pandavas in the Hindu epic Mahabharata)
कृष्णा · feminine
Krishna (a river in India)
Cited formation "कृष्णा" is कृष्ण + -आ: कृष्ण means "black, dark, dark blue", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "कृष्णा" is कृष्ण + -आ: कृष्ण means "black, dark, dark blue", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi कृष्णा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
kṛṣṇā (ā), f. a kind of leech, Suśr.
a kind of venomous insect, ib.
a Hindi word, derived from the Sanskrit कृष्ण — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Feminine form of Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. kṛṣṇa mf(ā)n. black, dark, dark-blue (opposed to śveta, śukla, rohita, and aruṇa), RV.; AV. &c.
wicked, evil, Vop. vii, 82
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a kind of leech
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kṛṣṇā" is the feminine form of "kṛṣṇa" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M1 · same meaning "kṛṣṇā" is the nominative of "kṛṣṇiman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
kṛṣṇā (ā), f. a kind of leech, Suśr.
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.), Suśr.
a kind of perfume (= parpaṭī), Bhpr.
N. of Draupadī, MBh.
1. kṛṣṇa mf(ā)n. black, dark, dark-blue (opposed to śveta, śukla, rohita, and aruṇa), RV.; AV. &c.
wicked, evil, Vop. vii, 82
kṛṣṇiman m. (Pāṇ. vi, 4, 161, Kāś.) black, blackness, Mudr.
kṛṣṇiman m. Blackness.
Alternative readings
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