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Hindu deity, the Preserver
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vishnu
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
name of a principal Hindu deity, 1630s, from Sanskrit Vishnu , probably from root vish- and meaning "all-pervader" or "worker."
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Vishnu was a Norwegian rock band from Tromsø .
Usage examples of vishnu.
Lord Vishnu, in his first avatara as Lord Matsya, gave to man the blessing of soma.
But with the final avatara of Lord Vishnu, that of Kalian, soma was again found by a great guru who deciphered the ancient writings of Mohenjo-Daro, in the Indus valley of Mother Earth.
Lord Krishna is the eighth avatara of Vishnu, my son, and our redeemer.
However, now, with the final avatara of Lord Vishnu, all faiths must unite into one, and all holy books are of little more than historic interest.
Joshua of Nazereth, Mohammed, even Vishnu in his ninth avatara as the Buddha.
The followers of the path of Lord Krishna who came from worlds beyond, I can understand, for verily the word of the final Avatara of Vishnu must be spread.
And here perhaps I can do the work of Kalkin, the final Avatara of Vishnu, by urging you and others to take the holy soma.
The most popular forms or manifestations of Vishnu the Preserver, were his successive avataras or historic impersonations, which represented the Deity coming forth out of the incomprehensible mystery of His nature, and revealing Himself at those critical epochs which either in the physical or moral world seemed to mark a new commencement of prosperity and order.
Vishnu and Brahma cults, Saivism was starting to grow in respectability as well as popularity.
The modified Brahminism after Buddha, in connection with the worship of Vishnu and Siva.
Later modification of Brahminism in connection with the worship of Siva and Vishnu.
To this later period of Brahminism belongs also the alteration of the old epics, the Ramayana and Mahabharata, by which the heroes Rama and Krishna are represented as avatars, that is incarnations or human impersonations, of Vishnu.
Christ would have left more of an impress upon India than it did, and that Christianity there and in India would have been synchronous, but we must remember, that there among the idols of Bramah and Vishnu, the way was not prepared, the people unexpectant of a new prophet, unwarned of him and unheeded.
Seeva, with Bramah and Vishnu, manifestations of the One Deity, 205-u.
Vishnu, with Bramah and Seeva, manifestations of the One Deity, 205-u.