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Definition of Hare Krishna

1. Noun. Worshipper of Krishna and member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.

2. Noun. A religious sect founded in the United States in 1966; based on Vedic scriptures; groups engage in joyful chanting of 'Hare Krishna' and other mantras based on the name of the Hindu god Krishna; devotees usually wear saffron robes and practice vegetarianism and celibacy.

3. Noun. A chant to the Hindu god Krishna.

Definition of Hare Krishna

1. Noun. A mantra chanted as a form of supplication to the Hindu god Krishna and his divine consort Radha ¹

2. Noun. A member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hare Krishna

Harbin Harden-Young ester Hardenbergia Hardenbergia comnptoniana Harderian gland Harding Hardon Hardy Hardy-Rand-Ritter test Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium

Hardy-Weinberg law Hardyan Hardyesque Hare Krishna (current term) Hare Krishnas Haredi Harezm Hargeisa Hargreaves Hari

Harijan Haripur Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami Harkat-ul-Mujahidin Harkat ul-Ansar Harkat ul-Mujahedeen Harki Harkis

Literary usage of Hare Krishna

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"... the Divine Light Mission, Hare Krishna, Rastafarianism, and other international faiths, as well as some separatist or spiritual churches or cults, ..."

2. A Report on the District of Jessore: Its Antiquities, Its History, and Its by James Westland (1871)
"I think it possible the mistake may be derived from an ignorant reading of one part of the inscription— ruchira,ru- chi,hare Krishna Some have read ..."

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