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Krishnahi, ṛṣṇāh, Krishna-ahi: 5 definitions

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Krishnahi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term ṛṣṇāh can be transliterated into English as Krsnahi or Krishnahi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Vedanta (school of philosophy)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Krishnahi in Vedanta glossary
: Wikisource: Ashtavakra Gita

ṛṣṇāh (कृष्णाहि) refers to the �(great) black snake (of the self-opinion)�, according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “[...] For liberation know yourself as consisting of consciousness, the witness of these [five elements]. [...] You are the one witness of everything, and are always totally free. The cause of your bondage is that you see the witness as something other than this. Since you have been bitten by the black snake (-ṛṣṇāh) of the self-opinion that 'I am the doer' [aha� kartetyahammānamahākṛṣṇāhidaṃśita�], drink the nectar of faith in the fact that 'I am not the doer', and be happy. Burn down the forest of ignorance with the fire of the understanding that 'I am the one pure awareness', and be happy and free from distress. [...]�.

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Vedanta (वेदान्�, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Krishnahi in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ṛṣṇāh (कृष्णाहि):—[from ṛṣṇa] m. = ṣṇ-Ჹṃg, [Kathāsaritsāgara lvi, 127; Pañcadaṇḍacchattra-prabandha]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Krishnahi in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

ṛṣṇāh (ಕೃಷ್ಣಾಹಿ):—[noun] = ಕೃಷ್ಣಸರ್� [krishnasarpa].

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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