As a deity name
Name 8 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 168 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 170 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 740 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Nom. P. ˚yati, to represent Kṛṣṇa, Ā. ˚yate, to blacken, to behave like Kṛṣṇa
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kṛṣṇāya" is the dative of "kṛṣṇa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
kṛṣṇāya Nom. P. ˚yati, to represent Kṛṣṇa, BhP. x, 30, 15 : Ā. ˚yate, to blacken, Hit.; to behave like Kṛṣṇa, Vop. xxi, 7.
1. kṛṣṇa mf(ā)n. black, dark, dark-blue (opposed to śveta, śukla, rohita, and aruṇa), RV.; AV. &c.
wicked, evil, Vop. vii, 82
Alternative readings
More than one analysis survives full verification. That ambiguity is real, so we show every reading rather than pick one silently.
Caveats
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