kfzRa a. [ kfz-nak ] 1 Black, dark, dark-blue. 2 Wicked, evil. — zRaH 1 The black colour. 2 The black antelope. 3 A crow. 4 The (Indian) cuckoo. 5 The dark half of a lunar month (from full to new moon). 6 The Kali age. 7 Viṣṇu in his eighth incarnation, born as the son of Vasudeva and Devakī. [Kṛṣṇa is the most celebrated hero of Indian mythology and the most popular of all the deities. Though the real son of Vasudeva and Devakī and thus a cousin of Kaṃsa, he was, for all practical purposes, the son of Nanda and Yaśodā by whom he was brought up and in whose house he spent his childhood. It was here that his divine character began to be gradually discovered, when he easily crushed the most redoubtable demons, such as Baka, Pūtanā &c., that were sent to kill him by Kaṃsa, and performed many other feats of ( pb ) surprising strength. The chief companions of his youth were the Gopīs or wives of the cowherds of Gokula, among whom Rādhā was his special favourite; ( cf. Jayadeva's Gītagovinda ). He killed Kaṃsa, Naraka, Keśin, Ariṣṭa and a host of other powerful demons. He was a particular friend of Arjuna, to whom he acted as charioteer in the great war, and his staunch support of the cause of the Pāṇḍavas was the main cause of the overthrow of the Kauravas. On several critical occasions, it was Kṛṣṇa's assistance and inventive mind that stood the Pāṇḍavas in good stead. After the general destruction of the Yādavas at Prabhāsa, he was killed unintentionally by a hunter named Jaras who shot him with an arrow mistaking him at a distance for a deer. He had more than 16000 wives, but Rukmi ni and Satyabhāmā, (as also Rādhā) were his favourites. He is said to have been of dark-blue or cloud-like colour; cf. bahiriva malinataraM tava kfzRa manopi Bavizyati nUna Gīt. 8. His son was Pradyumna]. 8 N. of Vyāsa, the reputed author of the Mahābhārata. 9 N. of Arjuna. 10 Aloe wood. 11 The Supreme spirit. 12 Black pepper. 13 Iron. — zRA 1 N. of Draupadī, wife of the Pāṇḍavas; Ki. 1. 26. 2 N. of a river in the Deccan that joins the sea at Masulipattam. 3 A kind of poisonous insect. 4 N. of several plants. 5 A grape. 6 A kind of perfume. 7 An epithet of Durgā. 8 One of the 7 tongues of fire. — zRI A dark night. — zRaM 1 Blackness, darkness (moral also). 2 Iron. 3 Antimony. 4 The black part of the eye. 5 Black pepper. 6 Lead. 7 An inauspicious act. 8 Money acquired by gambling. Comp. — aguru n. a kind of sandal-wood. — acalaH an epithet of the mountain Raivataka. — ajinaM the skin of the black antelope. — aDvan, -arcis m. an epithet of fire; cf. kfzRavartman . — ayas n. , — ayasaM , — AmizaM iron, crude or black iron. — azwamI, janmAzwamI the 8th day of the dark half of Śrāvaṇa when Kṛṣṇa was born; also called gokulAzwamI . — AvAsaH the holy fig-tree. — udaraH a kind of snake. — kaMdaM a red lotus. — karman a. of black deeds, criminal, wicked, depraved, guilty, sinful. — kAkaH a raven. — kAyaH a buffalo. — kAzWaM a kind of sandal-wood, agallochum. ( pb ) — kohalaH a gambler. — gaMgA the river kfzRaveRI . — gati fire: AyoDate kfzRagatiM sahAyaM R. 6. 42. — garBAH ( f. pl. ) 1 the pregnant wives of the demon Kṛṣṇa. 2 waters in the interiors of the clouds. — goDA a kind of poisonous insect. — grIvaH N. of Śiva. — caMcukaH a kind of pea. — caMdraH N. of Vasudeva. — cara a. what formerly belonged to Kṛṣṇa. — cUrRaM rust of iron. — tAmraM a kind of sandal wood. — tAraH 1 a species of antelope. 2 an antelope (in general). — dehaH a bee. — DanaM money got by foul means. — dvEpAyanaH N. of Vyāsa: tamahamarAgamakfzRa kfzRadvEpAyanaM vaMde Ve. 1. 4. — pakzaH the dark half of a lunar month. 2 an epithet of Arjuna. — padI a female with black feet. — paviH an epithet of Agni. — piMgala a. dark-brown. — (lA) N. of Durgā. — mfgaH the black antelope; SfMge kfzRamfgasya vAmanayanaM kaMqUyamAnAM mfgIM Ś. 6. 16. — muKaH, -vaktraH, -vadanaH the blackfaced monkey. — yajurvedaH the Taittirīya or black Yajurveda. — yAmaH an epithet of Agni. — raktaH dark-red colour. — rUpya = °cara q. v. — lavaRaM 1 a kind of black salt. 2 a factitious salt. — lohaH the loadstone. — varRaH 1 black colour. 2 N. of Rāhu. 3 a Śūdra. — vartman m. 1 fire; R. 11. 42 ; Ms. 2. 94. 2 N. of Rāhu. 3 a low man, profligate, black-guard. — vizARA Ved. the horns of the black antelope. — veRI N. of a river. — SakuniH a crow. — SAraH, -sAraH , — sAraMgaH the spotted antelope; kfzRasAre dadaccakzustvayi cADijyakArmuke Ś. 1. 6 , V. 4. 31. — SfMgaH a buffalo. — saKaH, -sAraTiH an epithet of Arjuna. — (KI) cummin seed.