shyama
श्याम śyāmaDark, dusky, blue-black; the standard word for the complexion of Krishna and Rama. The epithet shyama-sundara, 'the dark and beautiful one,' is common for Krishna.
Where this term appears
- Why is Krishna blue? Journal
He is shyama , dark, dusky, the colour of a storm about to break.
- The Bengali Shakta And Vamachara Sub-Lineages Treatise
…8th-century Bengali devotional poet Ramprasad Sen (1718-1775) — whose Shyama Sangit (Songs of the Dark Goddess) compositions remain the principal Bengali devotional repertoire for Kali — wrote in a register tha…
- The Manuals Treatise
Subsequent chapters cover Mahaganapati, Dandini (Varahi), Shyama (Kurukulla), and the practices common to all Tantric deities.
- The Saubhagya-Kadi Line Treatise
…hip of Mahaganapati , the worship of Dandini (Varahi), the worship of Shyama (Kurukulla, also called Matangi in some lineage-specific readings), and the practices common to all Tantric deities.