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विष्णु
विष्णु
See also: विषाणु
Sanskrit
Noun
विष्णु • (víṣṇu) m
- Vishnu (RV. etc.)
- RV 1.154.2a
- पर तद विष्णु सतवते वीर्येण मर्गो न भीमः कुचरो गिरिष्ठाः |
- यस्योरुषु तरिषु विक्रमणेष्वधिक्षियन्ति भुवनानि विश्वा ||
- pra tad viṣṇu stavate vīryeṇa mṛgho na bhīmaḥ kucaro ghiriṣṭhāḥ |
- yasyoruṣu triṣu vikramaṇeṣvadhikṣiyanti bhuvanāni viśvā ||
- For this his mighty deed is Viṣṇu lauded, like some wild beast, dread, prowling, mountain-roaming;
- He within whose three wide-extended paces all living creatures have their habitation.
- RV 1.154.2a
- name of the month चैत्र (caitra) (VarBṛS.)
- (with प्राजापत्य (prājāpatya)) name of the author of RV. X, 84
- name of a son of Manu Sāvarṇa and Manu Bhautya (MārkP.)
- name of the writer of a law-book
- name of the father of the 11th अर्हत् (arhat) of the present अवसर्पिणी (avasarpiṇī) (L.)
- (also with गणक (gaṇaka), कवि (kavi), दैवज्ञ (daivajña), पण्डित (paṇḍita), भट्ट (bhaṭṭa), मिश्र (miśra), यतीन्द्र (yatī*ndra), वाजपेयिन् (vājapeyin), शास्त्रिन् (śāstrin) etc.) name of various authors and others (Inscr., Cat.)
- = अग्नि (agni) (L.)
- = वसुदेवता (vasu-devatā) (L.)
- = शुद्ध (śuddha) (L.)
Declension
| Masculine u-stem declension of विष्णु | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | विषणुः (viṣaṇuḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | विषणोः (viṣaṇoḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | विषणुः (viṣaṇuḥ) | विषणू (viṣaṇū) | विषणवः (viṣaṇavaḥ) |
| Vocative | विषणो (viṣaṇo) | विषणू (viṣaṇū) | विषणवः (viṣaṇavaḥ) |
| Accusative | विषणुम् (viṣaṇum) | विषणू (viṣaṇū) | विषणून् (viṣaṇūn) |
| Instrumental | विषणुना (viṣaṇunā) | विषणुभ्याम् (viṣaṇubhyām) | विषणुभिः (viṣaṇubhiḥ) |
| Dative | विषणवे (viṣaṇave) | विषणुभ्याम् (viṣaṇubhyām) | विषणुभ्यः (viṣaṇubhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | विषणोः (viṣaṇoḥ) | विषणुभ्याम् (viṣaṇubhyām) | विषणुभ्यः (viṣaṇubhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | विषणोः (viṣaṇoḥ) | विषण्वोः (viṣaṇvoḥ) | विषणूनाम् (viṣaṇūnām) |
| Locative | विषणौ (viṣaṇau) | विषण्वोः (viṣaṇvoḥ) | विषणुषु (viṣaṇuṣu) |
Noun
विष्णु • (víṣṇu) f
- name of the mother of the 11th अर्हत् (arhat) of the present अवसर्पिणी (avasarpiṇī) (L.)
Declension
| Feminine u-stem declension of विष्णु | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | विषणुः (viṣaṇuḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | विषणधेन्वाः / विषणोः (viṣaṇadhenvāḥ / viṣaṇoḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | विषणुः (viṣaṇuḥ) | विषणू (viṣaṇū) | विषणवः (viṣaṇavaḥ) |
| Vocative | विषणो (viṣaṇo) | विषणू (viṣaṇū) | विषणवः (viṣaṇavaḥ) |
| Accusative | विषणुम् (viṣaṇum) | विषणू (viṣaṇū) | विषणूः (viṣaṇūḥ) |
| Instrumental | विषण्वा (viṣaṇvā) | विषणुभ्याम् (viṣaṇubhyām) | विषणुभिः (viṣaṇubhiḥ) |
| Dative | विषण्वै / विषणवे (viṣaṇvai / viṣaṇave) | विषणुभ्याम् (viṣaṇubhyām) | विषणुभ्यः (viṣaṇubhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | विषणधेन्वाः / विषणोः (viṣaṇadhenvāḥ / viṣaṇoḥ) | विषणुभ्याम् (viṣaṇubhyām) | विषणुभ्यः (viṣaṇubhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | विषणधेन्वाः / विषणोः (viṣaṇadhenvāḥ / viṣaṇoḥ) | विषण्वोः (viṣaṇvoḥ) | विषणूनाम् (viṣaṇūnām) |
| Locative | विषण्वाम् / विषणौ (viṣaṇvām / viṣaṇau) | विषण्वोः (viṣaṇvoḥ) | विषणुषु (viṣaṇuṣu) |
Descendants
- Telugu: విష్ణువు (viṣṇuvu)
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0999