a lamb; sleeping
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
CARSHENA.One of the wise men or counsellors of king Ahasuerus (Est_1:14).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Carshe'na. (illustrious). One of the seven princes of Persia and Media. Est_1:14.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
kar?shē̇-na, kar-shē?na (כּרשׁנא, karshenā'): The first named among the ?seven princes of Persia and Media? under Ahasuerus (Est_1:14). See PRINCES, THE SEVEN.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Carshena
(Hebrews Karshena', כִּרְשְׁנָא, probably of Persian derivation; comp. mod. Pers. Karshen, "spoiler," or Zend Keresna, Sanscr. Kreshna, "black;" Sept. has but three names, of which the first is Α᾿ρκεσαῖος; Vulg. Charsena), the first named of the seven "princes" or chief emirs at the court of Xerxes (Ahasuerus) when Vashti refused to present herself at the royal banquet (Est_1:14). B.C. 483.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.