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Vishnu (/ˈvɪʃnuː/ VISH-noo; Sanskrit: विष्णु, lit. 'The Pervader', IAST:
Viṣṇu,
pronounced [ʋɪʂɳʊ]), also
known as
Narayana and Hari, is one of the prin****l...
- The
Vishnu Purana (IAST:
Viṣṇu purāṇa, Sanskrit: विष्णुपुराण) is one of the
eighteen Mahapuranas, a
genre of
ancient and
medieval texts of Hinduism. It...
- the four-handed
Viṣṇu form. — Commentary,
Bhagavad Gita,
Chapter 7 In
Srimad Bhagavatam, this is
explained as: Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī
Viṣṇu is the
first incarnation...
- Pradyumna, and Aniruddha, then
Sankarshana expands into Karanodakasayi-
Visnu (Maha-Vishnu), who
reclines within the Mahat-Tattva,
creating innumerable...
- 2018 Lavy, Paul A. (2003). "As in Heaven, So on Earth: The
Politics of
Visnu Siva and
Harihara Images in
Preangkorian Khmer Civilisation".
Journal of...
- four
earthly emanations (Vyūhas) of the
Supreme deity Nārāyaṇa, and
later Viṣṇu. The
first of
these emanations is the hero-god Vāsudeva, with the other...
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Vishnu Smriti (IAST:
Viṣṇu Smṛti) is one of the
latest books of the Dharmaśāstra
tradition in
Hinduism and the only one
which does not deal
directly with...
- any one of the
great gods can be said to be her
closest ****ociate, it is
Visnu rather than Siva".
Gupteshwar Prasad (1994). I.A.
Richards and
Indian Theory...
- from what is
known as
classical Hinduism, the
seeds are there. Gods like
Visnu and Siva (under the name Rudra), who will
become so
dominant later, are...
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Viṣṇu, and Śiva... But the
attempt cannot be
regarded as a
great success, for Brahmā
never gained an
ascendancy comparable to that of Śiva or
Viṣṇu,...
