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Vishnu (/ˈvɪʃnuː/; Sanskrit: विष्णु, lit. 'All Pervasive', IAST:
Viṣṇu,
pronounced [ʋɪʂɳʊ]), also
known as
Narayana and Hari, is one of the prin****l...
- in the
Visnu Purana, Prahlada, the
great devotee of
Visnu, is
found making a
number of
statements of the
following type:
Knowing that god
Visnu is present...
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material energy,
known as the mahat-tattva. The second, Garbhodakaśāyī
Viṣṇu,
enters into all the
universes to
create diversities and the third, Kṣīrodakaśāyī...
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tishthati || jagataḥ sthiti-samdhānaṁ
samharanti yuge yuge | trayaṁ brahma-mahā-
viṣṇu-māheśvara-iti smṛtam || Translation: "In this way, the one
supreme entity...
- Pradyumna, and Aniruddha, then
Sankarshana expands into Karanodakasayi-
Visnu (Maha-Vishnu), who
reclines within the Mahat-Tattva,
creating innumerable...
- engulfed), Garbhodakśayī-
Viṣṇu and Kṣīrodakaśāyī
Vishnu (Each
universe has Garbhodakśayī-
Viṣṇu as its base and Kṣīrodakaśāyī-
Viṣṇu in
every matter particles...
- four
earthly emanations (Vyūhas) of the
Supreme deity Nārāyaṇa, and
later Viṣṇu. The
first of
these emanations is the hero-god Vāsudeva, with the other...
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certain categories or
types of
beings or
energies such as:
Viṣṇu-tattva The
Supreme God Śrī
Viṣnu. The
causative factor of
everything including other Tattvas...
- Rama, Krishna, Buddha, Kalki";
Doniger O'Flaherty 1994, p. 175 Doniger: "
Visnu is
generally said to have had ten
incarnations [...]
Krsna [...] the Buddha...
- from what is
known as
classical Hinduism, the
seeds are there. Gods like
Visnu and Siva (under the name Rudra), who will
become so
dominant later, are...
