The corpus record — Sanskrit
viṣṇu m. ( prob. fr. √ viṣ, ‘All-pervader’ or ‘Worker’) N. of one of the principal Hindū deities (in the later mythology regarded as ‘the preserver’, and with Brahmā ‘the creator’ and Śiva ‘the destroyer’, constituting the well-known Tri-mūrti or triad; although Viṣṇu comes second in the triad he is
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1. viṣṇu
viṣṇu m. ( prob. fr. √ viṣ, ‘All-pervader’ or ‘Worker’) N. of one of the principal Hindū deities (in the later mythology regarded as ‘the preserver’, and with Brahmā ‘the creator’ and Śiva ‘the destroyer’, constituting the well-known Tri-mūrti or triad; although Viṣṇu comes second in the triad he is
2. viṣṇu
of the father of the 11th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī , L.
3. viṣṇu
(also with gaṇaka, kavi, daivajña, paṇḍita, bhaṭṭa, miśra, yatI ndra , vājapeyin, śāstrin &c.) of various authors and others, Inscr. ; Cat.
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