Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of the principal Hindu deities, worshiped as the protector and preserver of worlds. Vishnu is often conceived as a member of the trimurti along with Brahma and Shiva.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Inlater Hind. myth., the god who with the other two great gods, Brahma and Siva, forms the trimurti, or trinity; the Preserver, considered by his worshipers to be the supreme god of the Hindu pantheon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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.
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- proper noun Hinduism One of the
Trimurti (trinity) in Hindumythology , and the most popularly venerated god inHinduism . Vishnu is commonly depicted as beingblue in colour and having four arms: with each hand holding either alotus , amace , aconch shell or Chakra weapon. Vishnu is theSupreme being or Ultimate Reality forVaishnavas and a manifestation ofBrahman in theAdvaita orSmarta traditions of Hinduism. - proper noun A male
given name used in India.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the sustainer; a Hindu divinity worshipped as the preserver of worlds
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Vishnu is a middle child of an influential family.
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This all might be in Vishnus mind of course, because we are just seeing everything through his mind.
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Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.'
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Thus the visitor to Angkor Wat who walks the causeway to the main entrance and through the courtyards to the final main tower, which once contained a statue of Vishnu, is metaphorically travelling back to the first age of the creation of the universe.
TO THE REMARKABLE TEMPLES – April 6 Will 2009
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Now, The Death of Vishnu is part of a trilogy that will also comprise The Life of Shiva and The Birth of Brahma.
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Inside is a six-meter-long gold statue of the divinity for whom the temple is named: Sree Padmanabhaswamy It's another name for Vishnu, whom Hindus name "the protector."
India's Supreme Court Deliberates Fate Of Temple Treasure Worth Billions 2011
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In the Vedas, the maintainer of all is called Vishnu, and his Shakti (the female energy), his female accomplice, is Lakshmi—also known in English as Lady Luck (from lak).
Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010
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In the Vedas, the maintainer of all is called Vishnu, and his Shakti (the female energy), his female accomplice, is Lakshmi—also known in English as Lady Luck (from lak).
Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010
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In the Vedas, the maintainer of all is called Vishnu, and his Shakti (the female energy), his female accomplice, is Lakshmi—also known in English as Lady Luck (from lak).
Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010
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Which is a little weird, because I always supposed that the “knucklehead theory” was pretty much a mainstream view: Belief is a prerequisite for salvation, and not just any old Belief — in Vishnu or Allah or Baal or even Jehovah-sans-messiah, but the Jesusy kind.
NewsFlash: Christians Think the “Believing in Jesus” Thing Important 2006
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