Vishnu

‖

Vish′nu

(vĭsh′noō)

,

Noun.

[Skr.

Vishṇu

, 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.

Vishnu

VISH'NU

,

Noun.

In the Hindoo mythology, the name of one of the chief deities of the trimurti or triad. He is the second person of this unity, and a personification of the preserving powers.

Vishnu

English

Proper noun

Vishnu

(Hinduism) One of the Trimurti (trinity) in Hindu mythology, and the most popularly venerated god in Hinduism. Vishnu is commonly depicted as being blue in colour and having four arms: with each hand holding either a lotus, a mace, a conch shell or Chakra weapon. Vishnu is the Supreme being or Ultimate Reality for Vaishnavas and a manifestation of Brahman in the Advaita or Smarta traditions of Hinduism.
A male given name used in India.

Synonyms

Narayana

Translations

the god

Afrikaans: Wisjnoe
Arabic: فِيشْنُو m ‎(fīšnū)
Aragonese: Viṣṇu
Armenian: Վիշնու ‎(Višnu)
Assamese: বিষ্ণু ‎(biṣṇu)
Bengali: বিষ্ণু ‎(biṣṇu)
Breton: Vichnou
Bulgarian: Вишну ‎(Višnu)
Burmese: ဗိဿနိုး (my)
Catalan: Vixnu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 毗濕奴 (zh), 毗湿奴 (zh) ‎(Píshīnú)
Czech: Višnu (cs)
Danish: Vishnu
Dutch: Vishnoe
Esperanto: Viŝnuo
Finnish: Vishnu
French: Vishnou (fr)
Galician: Vishnu
Georgian: ვიშნუ ‎(višnu)
German: Vishnu
Greek: Βισνού m ‎(Visnoú)
Gujarati: વિષ્ણુ ‎(viṣṇu)
Hebrew: וישנו
Hindi: विष्णु (hi) m ‎(viṣṇu)
Hungarian: Visnu
Icelandic: Visnjú
Indonesian: Wisnu
Italian: Vishnu
Japanese: ヴィシュヌ ‎(Vishunu), ビシュヌ ‎(Bishunu)
Javanese: Wisnu
Kannada: ವಿಷ್ಣು (kn) ‎(viṣṇu)
Khmer: ពិស្ណុ (km) ‎(pɨhsnu), ព្រះនារាយណ៍ ‎(preah nieriey), ព្រះវិស្ណុ ‎(preah visnu)
Korean: 비슈누 ‎(Bisyunu)

Latvian: Višnu
Lithuanian: Višnus
Low German: Wischnu
Malay: Vishnu
Malayalam: വിഷ്ണു (ml) ‎(viṣṇu)
Marathi: विष्णु ‎(viṣṇu)
Newari: विष्णु ‎(viṣṇu)
Norwegian: Vishnu
Oriya: ବିଷ୍ଣୁ (or) ‎(biṣṇu)
Persian: ویشنو ‎(višnu)
Polish: Wisznu (pl)
Portuguese: Vishnu m, Vixnu m, Visnu m
Punjabi: ਵਿਸ਼੍ਣੁ ‎(viśṇu)
Romanian: Vișnu
Russian: Ви́шну (ru) m ‎(Víšnu)
Sanskrit: विष्णु (sa) m ‎(víṣṇu)
Scots: Vishnu
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: Вишну

Roman: Višnu (sh)
Sinhalese: විෂ්ණු ‎(viṣṇu)
Slovak: Višnu
Slovene: Víšnu (sl) m
Spanish: Vishnú
Swedish: Vishnu
Tagalog: Vishnu
Tamil: விஷ்ணு (ta) ‎(viṣṇu)
Telugu: విష్ణువు (te) ‎(viṣṇuvu)
Thai: พระวิษณุ ‎(phrá wítnú)
Turkish: Vişnu
Ukrainian: Вішну m ‎(Víšnu)
Urdu: وشنو m ‎(viṣṇu)
Vietnamese: Vishnu
Welsh: Vishnu

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Vixnu
Visnu

Proper noun

Vishnu m

(Hinduism) Vishnu (the supreme god)

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