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Vishvarupa or Vishwaroop (Sanskrit for "having all shapes, universal form") is a term used within Hinduism to refer to:
- Vishvarupa revealed by Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita
- The yoked horses of the Sage, Brhaspati
- Trisiras the three-headed son of Tvashta
- One of the seven tongues of fire in reference to the god, Agni
- Vishwaroopam a Tamil-Hindi movie by Kamal Haasan
Vishvarupa ("Universal form", "Omni-form"), also known popularly as Vishvarupa Darshan, Vishwaroopa and Virata rupa, is an iconographical form and theophany of the Hindu god Vishnu or his avatar Krishna. The direct revelation by the One without a Second, Master-Lord of the Universe. Though there are multiple Vishvarupa theophanies, the most celebrated is in the Bhagavad Gita, "the Song of God", given by Krishna in the epic Mahabharata, which was told to Pandava Prince Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra in the war in the Mahabharata between the Pandavas and Kauravas. Vishvarupa is considered the supreme form of Vishnu, where the whole universe is described as contained in him and originating from him, all forms of life and the four varnas (castes) of the humans which he created for the welfare of humanity, the brahmins are born from the virata rupa's head, and kshatriyas from the chest, vaishyas from the thighs and shudras are born from the virata rupa's feet.