Vishnu

1)    A name for the all-pervasive, supreme Reality.

2)    One of the Hindu trinity of gods, representing God as the sustainer of the universe. Rama and Krishna are the best known of His incarnations.

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Vishnu: (Sanskrit) "The All-Pervasive." Supreme Deity of

the Vaishnavite religion. God as personal Lord and

Creator, the All-Loving Divine Personality, who

periodically incarnates and lives a fully human life to reestablish dharma whenever necessary. In Saivism,

Vishnu is Siva's aspect as Preserver.

See: Vaishnavism.

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Vishnu:

A Hindu deity, the Preserver. Part of the trinity of Brahma (the creator), Shiva (the destroyer) and Vishnu (the Preserver).

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Vishnu

The Supreme Lord in His opulent feature as the Lord of Vaikuntha, who expands into countless forms and incarnations.

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Vishnu (Sanskrit). The second person of the Hindu Trimurti (trinity), composed of Brahma, Vishnu and Siva. From the root vish, "to pervade". in the Rig -Veda, Vishnu is no high god, but simply a manifestation of the solar energy, described as "striding through the seven regions of the Universe in three steps and enveloping all things with the dust (of his beams ".) Whatever may be the six other occult significances of the statement, this is related to the same class of types as the seven and ten Sephiroth, as the seven and three orifices of the perfect Adam Kadmon, as the seven "principles" and the higher triad in man, etc., etc. Later on this mystic type becomes a great god, the preserver and the renovator, he "of a thousand names - Sahasranama ".

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Vishnu:

Vishnu. The Preserver in the trinity of Brahma (the Creator), Vishnu, and Siva (the Destroyer).

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Vishnu:

Vishnu. Lord of Maintenance.

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Vishnu: form of the Hindu trinity governing preservation

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Vishnu:

Vishnu: Associated with Creation, He is Brahma, with Protection; He is Vishnu, with Dissolution; He is Shiva. (BV-30) The Supreme Lord; Lord Krishna's expansions in Vaikuntha and for the creation and maintenance of the material universes. Vishnu: a name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the creator and maintainer of the material universes.

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vishnu:

god or form of the hindu trinity governing preservation

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Vishnu

Second aspect of the Hindu trinity; the Preserver

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Vishnu:

Vishnu - the preserver of life

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 Vishnu:

the preserver of life

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Vishnu: Vishnu is one of divine trinity in Hinduism, also known as the preserver, Vishnu  has had nine incarnations, including Rama and Krishna.

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Vishnu: The preserver God of the Trimurti in Bhakti Hinduism who is said to have human incarnations (avitars).

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Kshirodaka-shayi Vishnu

The third of the three Purushas, incarnations of the Supreme Lord for the creation of the material universe. Kshirodaka-shayi Vishnu resides on the island of Svetadvipa in the Milk Ocean and expands into the heart of every materially embodied being as the Supersoul.

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A dictionary Of Commonly Used Sanskrit terms. From Pada to Svastikasana.

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A dictionary Of Commonly Used Sanskrit terms. From Dadhicha to Kutichaka.

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A dictionary Of Commonly Used Sanskrit terms. From Tada to Yukta.

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Sanskrit dictionary. From Advaita to Yoga.

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