noun
- a religious sect based on Vedic scriptures, whose followers engage in joyful congregational chanting of Krishna’s name: founded in the U.S. in 1966.
noun
- a Hindu sect devoted to a form of Hinduism (Krishna Consciousness) based on the worship of the god Krishna
- plural Hare Krishnas a member or follower of this sect
1968, title of a Hindu chant or mantra, from Hindi hare “O God!” + Krishna, name of an incarnation of the god Vishnu.