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Krishnology

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The position of Krishna in Krishnaism viewed as a parallel of that of Christ in Christianity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • Whether it be questions of Science or Philosophy, or of Christology or Krishnology (1929)http://books.google.com/books?id=HwgaAAAAMAAJ&q=Krishnology+-%22Webster%27s+Quotations%22&dq=Krishnology+-%22Webster%27s+Quotations%22&hl=en&ei=W5x3TJfMAp-g4Qbdm5zSBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCkQ6AEwATgK
  • Christology and Krishnology: a critical study of the concept of Avatora from the Christian standpoint (1952, title)http://books.google.com/books?id=YsEcHAAACAAJ&dq=Krishnology+-%22Webster%27s+Quotations%22&hl=en&ei=rJx3TJCeHpuP4gafyJy7Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA

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noun

Meaning 2

The academic study of the Vishnu theology of Krishna in general.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • ISKCON has recently brought the academic study of Krishna into western academia as Krishnology. (2009)http://books.google.com/books?id=J7AIg5bVFCYC&pg=PA162&dq=Krishnology+-%22Webster%27s+Quotations%22+-Christology&hl=en&ei=Hp13TKGvC4_14AbxqrDgBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Krishnology%20-%22Webster%27s%20Quotations%22%20-Christology&f=false

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History

Etymology

From Krishna + -ology. As a nonce word (attested 1929) used for illustrating the parallels between Christology and the theology of Krishnaism. Since the late 2000s also used by ISKCON authors in a more general sense.