Definition of Visnu
Vishnu, the Preserver, the second god of the Hindu triad,
Brahma ( q. v.) being the first and Siva ( q. v.) the
third; revealed himself by a succession of avatars, Râma ( q. v.)
being the seventh and Krishna ( q. v.) the eighth; he has had
nine avatars, and on the tenth he will come to judgment; he is
extensively worshipped, and his worshippers, the Vaishnavas, are divided
into a great number of sects.
- Wikipedia
||Vish"nu (?), n. [Skr. Vish&?;u, from
vish to pervade., to extend through nature.] (Hindu Myth.)
A divinity of the modern Hindu trimurti, or trinity. He is regarded as
the preserver, while Brahma is the creator, and Siva the destroyer of the
creation.
||Vish"nu (?), n. [Skr. Vish&?;u, from
vish to pervade., to extend through nature.] (Hindu Myth.)
A divinity of the modern Hindu trimurti, or trinity. He is regarded as
the preserver, while Brahma is the creator, and Siva the destroyer of the
creation.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- One of the Trinity in Hindu mythology is considered as the “Savior”. He is believed to dwell in deepest of oceans called “vaikuntam". He is believed to be in the “Anantasayana (Sleeping Pose) on the great Serpent” Adhishesha" (Serpent with 5 heads) and Adhishesha spreads his hood. Adhishesha is devotee of Vishnu and also accompanies Vishnu in his numerous avatars (incarnations). Vishnu is the Supreme god of the Vaishnavites (a Hindu sect) and many of the Vishnu's avatars are encrypted in the advaithas.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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