ISKCON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ISKCON mean? 

• ISKCON (noun)
  The noun ISKCON has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: ISKCON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISKCON (noun)

Sense 1

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

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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Hare Krishna; International Society for Krishna Consciousness; ISKCON

Hypernyms ("ISKCON" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "ISKCON"):

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

Holonyms ("ISKCON" is a member of...):

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