[f. Krishna, name of a great deity or deified hero of later Hinduism, worshipped as an incarnation of Vishnu.] The worship of or belief in Krishna. So Krishnaist, Krishnaite, a worshipper of Krishna; also attrib.
1885. C. J. Stone, Chr. bef. Christ, 180. The system of philosophy, afterwards adopted in both Krishnaism and Buddhism.
1892. Westcott, Gospel of Life, 156. Krishnaism has been the strength of Hinduism.
1889. J. M. Robertson, Christ & Krishna, x. 47. The other Krishnaist festivals. Ibid., xi. 5. The modern discussion of Krishnaite origins.
