Definitions for Vishnu

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Vishnu Vish·nu

Spelling: [vish-noo]

IPA: /ˈvɪʃ nu/

Vishnu is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 68 anagrams from letters in Vishnu (hinsuv).

Definitions for Vishnu

noun

1. (in later Hinduism) “the Preserver,” the second member of the Trimurti, along with Brahma the Creator and Shiva the Destroyer.
2. (in popular Hinduism) a deity believed to have descended from heaven to earth in several incarnations, or avatars, varying in number from nine to twenty-two, but always including animals. His most important human incarnation is the Krishna of the Bhagavad-Gita.
3. “the Pervader,” one of a half-dozen solar deities in the Rig-Veda, daily traversing the sky in three strides, morning, afternoon, and night.

Origin of Vishnu

From the Sanskrit word viṣṇu

Examples for Vishnu

They wear the sacred thread, and worship both Vishnu and Siva.

Amongst them, I need hardly say, were the sage Vishnu Swami and his four sons.

I noticed that my three main characters, Sarita, Karun and Jaz, formed a trinity just like Vishnu, Shiva, and Devi.

Parvati shares adoration with Siva, Lakshmi with Vishnu, and so on.

It is safe to say that the Nambūtiris are Shaivas, but not to the exclusion of Vishnu.

And Brahma gave to this word the name, "Vishnu," that is to say, "he who preserves."

Name of Vishnu in his aspect of slayer of the proud demon, Madhu.

They are said to be two parts of an Āsura who was cut in two by Vishnu.

Vishnu, the active, traverses the universe with three strides.

Thus the Vishnu Swamis of the world have invested the subject with some confusion.