HARE KRISHNA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hare Krishna mean? 

• HARE KRISHNA (noun)
  The noun HARE KRISHNA has 3 senses:

1. worshipper of Krishna and member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness

2. 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. a chant to the Hindu god Krishna

  Familiarity information: HARE KRISHNA used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HARE KRISHNA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Worshipper of Krishna and member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Hare Krishna" is a kind of...):

Hindoo; Hindu (a person who adheres to Hinduism)

Holonyms ("Hare Krishna" is a member of...):

Hare Krishna; International Society for Krishna Consciousness; ISKCON (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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Hare Krishna; International Society for Krishna Consciousness; ISKCON

Hypernyms ("Hare Krishna" is a kind of...):

religious order; religious sect; sect (a subdivision of a larger religious group)

Meronyms (members of "Hare Krishna"):

Hare Krishna (worshipper of Krishna and member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness)

Holonyms ("Hare Krishna" is a member of...):

Hindooism; Hinduism (the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A chant to the Hindu god Krishna

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Instance hypernyms:

chant (a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone)