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viṣṇu	विष्णु	víṣṇu 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 identified with the supreme deity by his worshippers; in the Vedic period, however, he is not placed in the foremost rank, although he is frequently invoked with other gods [esp. with Indra whom he assists in killing Vṛtra and with whom he drinks the Soma juice; cf. his later names Indrānuja and Upendra]; as distinguished from the other Vedic deities, he is a personification of the light and of the sun, esp. in his striding over the heavens, which he is said to do in three paces [see tri-vikrama and cf. bali, vāmana], explained as denoting the threefold manifestations of light in the form of fire, lightning, and the sun, or as designating the three daily stations of the sun in his rising, culminating, and setting ; Viṣṇu does not appear to have been included at first among the Ādityas [q.v.], although in later times he is accorded the foremost place among them; in the Brāhmaṇas he is identified with sacrifice, and in one described as a dwarf; in the Mahā-bhārata and Rāmāyaṇa he rises to the supremacy which in some places he now enjoys as the most popular deity of modern Hindū worship; the great rivalry between him and Śiva [cf. vaiṣṇava and śaiva] is not fully developed till the period of the Purāṇas: the distinguishing feature in the character of the Post-vedic Viṣṇu is his condescending to become incarnate in a portion of his essence on ten principal occasions, to deliver mankind from certain great dangers [cf. avatāra and [IW. 327]]; some of the Purāṇas make 22 incarnations, or even 24, instead of 10; the Vaiṣṇavas regard Viṣṇu as the supreme being, and often identify him with Nārāyaṇa, the personified Puruṣa or primeval living spirit [described as moving on the waters, reclining on Śeṣa, the serpent of infinity, while the god Brahmā emerges from a lotus growing from his navel; cf. [Manu. i, 10]]; the wives of Viṣṇu are Aditi and Sinīvālī, later Lakṣmī or Śrī and even Sarasvatī; his son is Kāma-deva, god of love, and his paradise is called Vaikuṇṭha; he is usually represented with a peculiar mark on his breast called Śrī-vatsa, and as holding a śaṅkha, or conch-shell called Pāñcajanya, a cakra or quoit-like missile-weapon called Su-darśana, a gadā or club called Kaumodakī and a padma or lotus; he has also a bow called Śārṅga, and a sword called Nandaka; his vāhana or vehicle is Garuḍa q.v.; he has a jewel on his wrist called Syamantaka, another on his breast called Kaustubha, and the river Ganges is said to issue from his foot; the demons slain by him in his character of ‘preserver from evil’, or by Kṛṣṇa as identified with him, are Madhu, Dhenuka, Cāṇūra, Yamala, and Arjuna [see yamalārjuna], Kāla-nemi, Haya-grīva, Śakaṭa, Ariṣṭa, Kaiṭabha, Kaṃsa, Keśin, Mura, Śālva, Mainda, Dvi-vida, Rāhu, Hiraṇya-kaśipu, Bāṇa, Kāliya, Naraka, Bali; he is worshipped under a thousand names, which are all enumerated in [MBh. xiii, 6950]-[7056]; he is sometimes regarded as the divinity of the lunar mansion called Śravaṇa), [RV.] &c. &c. (cf. [RTL. 44]; [IW. 324])
		N. of the month Caitra, [VarBṛS.]
		(with prājāpatya) of the author of [RV. x, 84]
		of a son of Manu Sāvarṇa and Bhautya, [MārkP.]
		of the writer of a law-book, [Yājñ.]
		of the father of the 11th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [L.]
		(also with gaṇaka, kavi, daivajña, paṇḍita, bhaṭṭa, miśra, yatīndra, vājapeyin, śāstrin &c.) of various authors and others, [Inscr.]; [Cat.]
		= agni, [L.]
		= vasu-devatā, [L.]
		= śuddha, [L.]
		víṣṇu f. N. of the mother of the 11th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [L.]
		víṣṇu n. pl. (in a formula), [ĀpŚr.]
		(viṣṇor with apamarṇam, ājya-doham, vratam; [oḥ] sāma, svarīyaḥ N. of Sāmans; with ṣoḍaśa-nāma-stotram, anusmṛtiḥ, aṣṭāviṃśati-nāma-stotram, and mahā-stutiḥ N. of works.)
viṣṇubha	विष्णुभ	viṣṇu—bha n. = -ṛkṣa, [VP.]
viṣṇuja	विष्णुज	viṣṇu—ja mfn. born under Viṣṇu (i.e. in the first lustrum of Jupiter's cycle of 60 years), [VarBṛS.]
		viṣṇu—ja m. N. of the 18th Kalpa or day of Brahmā, [L.]
viṣṇumat	विष्णुमत्	viṣṇu—mat mfn. containing the word ‘Viṣṇu’, [PañcavBr.]
viṣṇupur	विष्णुपुर्	viṣṇu—pur f. N. of a city, [L.]
viṣṇutva	विष्णुत्व	viṣṇu—tva n. V°'s nature, [R.]; [NṛsUp.] &c.
viṣṇuvat	विष्णुवत्	víṣṇu—vat (víṣṇu-), mfn. attended by V°, [RV.]
		víṣṇu—vat n. (with ahar) a partic. 11th or 12th day, [Cat.]
		viṣṇu—vat ind. as with Viṣṇu, [ĀpŚr.]
viṣṇudhārā	विष्णुधारा	viṣṇu—dhārā f. N. of a Tīrtha, [Cat.]
viṣṇuśilā	विष्णुशिला	viṣṇu—śilā f. the sacred stone of V° which contains an ammonite (= śāla-grāma, q.v.), [L.]
viṣṇudāsa	विष्णुदास	viṣṇu—dāsa m. ‘Viṣṇu's slave’, N. of a king, [Cat.]
		of another man, [ib.]
viṣṇudeva	विष्णुदेव	viṣṇu—deva m. N. of an author, [ib.]
viṣṇudviṣ	विष्णुद्विष्	viṣṇu—dviṣ m. foe of V° (nine in number, accord. to Jainas), [L.]
viṣṇuṛkṣa	विष्णुऋक्ष	viṣṇu—ṛkṣa n. the lunar mansion Śravaṇa (presided over by Viṣṇu), [Tithyād.]
viṣṇugāthā	विष्णुगाथा	viṣṇu—gāthā f. pl. a song in honour of Viṣṇu, [BhP.]
viṣṇugūḍha	विष्णुगूढ	viṣṇu—gūḍha m. N. of wk.
viṣṇugṛha	विष्णुगृह	viṣṇu—gṛha n. ‘Viṣṇu's abode’, N. of Tāmra-lipta, [L.]
viṣṇugola	विष्णुगोल	viṣṇu—gola m. the equator, [Vīrac.]
viṣṇuhari	विष्णुहरि	viṣṇu—hari m. N. of a poet, [Sadukt.]
viṣṇuhitā	विष्णुहिता	viṣṇu—hitā f. basil, [L.]
viṣṇuloka	विष्णुलोक	viṣṇu—loka m. V°'s world, [Rājat.]; [VP.]; [Pañcar.] (accord. to some = brahma-l°, or accord. to others, ‘placed above it’, [MW.])
viṣṇumāyā	विष्णुमाया	viṣṇu—māyā f. ‘V°'s illusion’, a form of Durgā, [KālP.]
viṣṇumatī	विष्णुमती	viṣṇu—matī (atī), f. N. of a princess, [Kathās.]
viṣṇumaya	विष्णुमय	viṣṇu—maya mf(I)n. emanating from V°, belonging to V°, having the nature of V° &c., [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [R.]; [VP.]
viṣṇumukha	विष्णुमुख	víṣṇu—mukha (víṣṇu-), mfn. pl. having V° as chief, [TS.]; [MaitrS.]
viṣṇunadī	विष्णुनदी	viṣṇu—nadī f. N. of a river, [Cat.]
viṣṇupūjā	विष्णुपूजा	viṣṇu—pūjā f. N. of wk.
viṣṇupadī	विष्णुपदी	viṣṇu—padī (ī), f. the sun's passage (into the zodiacal signs of Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius), [Tithyād.]
		N. of the Ganges (as issuing from V°'s foot), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [R.] &c.
		of the town Dvārikā, [L.]
viṣṇupada	विष्णुपद	viṣṇu—pada n. ‘station or footmark of V°’, the zenith, [Nir.]; [BhP.]
		the sky, [MBh.]; [Ragh.] &c.
		the mark of V°'s foot worshipped at Gayā, [RTL. 309]
		N. of a sacred hill (also called °da-giri, m.), [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.
		a lotus, [L.]
		viṣṇu—pada m. n. the sea of milk, [L.]
viṣṇupati	विष्णुपति	viṣṇu—pati m. N. of an author, [Cat.]
viṣṇupurī	विष्णुपुरी	viṣṇu—purī f. N. of a city, [MW.]
		N. of a mountain in the Himālaya, [L.]
		viṣṇu—purī m. N. of a scholar, [Cat.]
viṣṇupura	विष्णुपुर	viṣṇu—pura n. V°'s city, [Vop.]
		N. of a city (= -pur), [L.]
viṣṇurāja	विष्णुराज	viṣṇu—rāja m. N. of a king, [Buddh.]
viṣṇurāma	विष्णुराम	viṣṇu—rāma m. N. of authors, [Cat.]
viṣṇurāta	विष्णुरात	viṣṇu—rāta m. ‘Viṣṇu-given’, N. of Parīkṣit, [BhP.] (cf. -datta).
viṣṇuratha	विष्णुरथ	viṣṇu—ratha m. ‘V°'s chariot’, N. of Garuḍa (the bird and vehicle of Viṣṇu), [Cat.]
viṣṇutaila	विष्णुतैल	viṣṇu—taila n. a kind of oil, [BrahmaP.]
viṣṇutithi	विष्णुतिथि	viṣṇu—tithi m. f. N. of the 11th and 12th lunar day of each fortnight, [Inscr.]
viṣṇuyāga	विष्णुयाग	viṣṇu—yāga m. N. of wk.
viṣṇubhakta	विष्णुभक्त	viṣṇu—bhakta m. a worshipper of V°, [RāmatUp.]
viṣṇubhakti	विष्णुभक्ति	viṣṇu—bhakti f. the worship of V° (personified as a Yoginī), [Prab.]
viṣṇudharma	विष्णुधर्म	viṣṇu—dharma m. a kind of Śrāddha, [MW.]
		N. of various works.
viṣṇuśakti	विष्णुशक्ति	viṣṇu—śakti f. ‘V°'s energy’, Lakṣmī, [Rājat.]
		viṣṇu—śakti m. N. of a king, [Kathās.]
viṣṇuśruta	विष्णुश्रुत	viṣṇu—śruta m. N. of a man, [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 148], Sch.
viṣṇucakra	विष्णुचक्र	viṣṇu—cakra n. Viṣṇu's discus, [R.]
		a partic. mystical circle (formed from the lines in the hand), [VP.]
viṣṇucitta	विष्णुचित्त	viṣṇu—citta m. N. of an author, [Cat.]
viṣṇudatta	विष्णुदत्त	viṣṇu—datta mfn. given by V°, [BhP.]
		viṣṇu—datta m. N. of Parīkṣit, [ib.]
		of various men, [Kathās.]; [Sāh.]; [Cat.]
viṣṇudvīpa	विष्णुद्वीप	viṣṇu—dvīpa m. N. of an island, [W.]
viṣṇugaṅgā	विष्णुगङ्गा	viṣṇu—gaṅgā f. N. of a river, [L.]
viṣṇugupta	विष्णुगुप्त	viṣṇu—gupta m. ‘hidden by V°’, N. of the Muni Vātsyāyana, [MW.]
		of the saint Kauṇḍinya (said to have been concealed by Viṣṇu when pursued by Śiva, whom he had incensed), [L.]
		of the minister and sage Cāṇakya, [Kām.]; [VarBṛS.] &c.
		of a follower of Śaṃkarācārya, [Cat.]
		of an astronomer, [Cat.]
		of a Buddhist, [Kathās.]
		a species of bulbous plant, [L.]
viṣṇukāñcī	विष्णुकाञ्ची	viṣṇu—kāñcī f. N. of a town, [Cat.]
viṣṇukāntī	विष्णुकान्ती	viṣṇu—kāntī, f. or viṣṇu—kān°tī-tīrtha, n. N. of a Tīrtha, [ib.]
viṣṇukanda	विष्णुकन्द	viṣṇu—kanda m. a species of bulbous plant, [L.]
viṣṇukrama	विष्णुक्रम	viṣṇu—kramá m. the step of Viṣṇu, [MW.]
		pl. N. of the three steps to be taken by the sacrificer between the Vedi and the Āhavanīya, [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [GṛS.]; [ŚrS.]
viṣṇuliṅgī	विष्णुलिङ्गी	viṣṇu—liṅgī f. a quail, [L.]
viṣṇumitra	विष्णुमित्र	viṣṇu—mitra m. a common name (used like the Lat. Caius), [Kaṇ.]; [BhP.]
		N. of a priest, [Cat.]
		(with kumāra) N. of a Scholiast, [RPrāt., Introd.]
viṣṇupatnī	विष्णुपत्नी	víṣṇu—patnī (víṣṇu-), f. ‘V°'s wife’, N. of Aditi, [VS.]; [TS.]; [TBr.]; [ĀśvŚr.]
viṣṇuprīti	विष्णुप्रीति	viṣṇu—prīti f. land granted rent-free to Brāhmans for the worship of V°, [MW.]
viṣṇupriyā	विष्णुप्रिया	viṣṇu—priyā f. basil, [Dhanv.]
viṣṇuputra	विष्णुपुत्र	viṣṇu—putra m. N. of a man, [Cat.]
viṣṇusūkta	विष्णुसूक्त	viṣṇu—sūkta n. a hymn addressed to V°, [Cat.]
viṣṇusūtra	विष्णुसूत्र	viṣṇu—sūtra n. = -smṛti.
viṣṇusaras	विष्णुसरस्	viṣṇu—saras ([Cat.]) or viṣṇu—sa°ras-tīrtha ([MW.]), n. N. of a Tīrtha.
viṣṇusiṃha	विष्णुसिंह	viṣṇu—siṃha m. N. of a man, [Cat.]
viṣṇusmṛti	विष्णुस्मृति	viṣṇu—smṛti f. N. of wk.
viṣṇustava	विष्णुस्तव	viṣṇu—stava m. N. of wk.
viṣṇustuti	विष्णुस्तुति	viṣṇu—stuti f. N. of wk.
viṣṇutīrtha	विष्णुतीर्थ	viṣṇu—tīrtha m. N. of an author, [Cat.]
		viṣṇu—tīrtha n. N. of a Tīrtha, [ib.]
viṣṇuvāhya	विष्णुवाह्य	viṣṇu—vāhana, n. ([Siṃhās.]) or viṣṇu—vāhya, m. ([L.]) ‘V°'s vehicle’, N. of Garuḍa.
viṣṇuvṛddha	विष्णुवृद्ध	viṣṇu—vṛddha m. N. of a man
		(pl.) his descendants, [ĀśvŚr.]; [Inscr.]
viṣṇuyaśas	विष्णुयशस्	viṣṇu—yaśas m. N. of Kalkin or Kalki, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]
		of the father of Kalkin, [Pur.]; [Pañcar.]
		of a teacher, [Cat.]
viṣṇudharman	विष्णुधर्मन्	viṣṇu—dharman m. N. of a son of Garuḍa, [MBh.]
viṣṇuśarman	विष्णुशर्मन्	viṣṇu—śarman m. N. of various authors and other persons (esp. of the narrator of the Pañca-tantra and the Hitopadeśa), [IW. 531]
viṣṇuśrāddha	विष्णुश्राद्ध	viṣṇu—śrāddha n. N. of wk.
viṣṇucandra	विष्णुचन्द्र	viṣṇu—candra m. N. of various authors, [VarBṛ.], Sch.; [Cat.]
viṣṇudaivata	विष्णुदैवत	viṣṇu—daivata mfn. = -devatya, [L.]
viṣṇugranthi	विष्णुग्रन्थि	viṣṇu—granthi m. a partic. joint of the body, [Cat.]
viṣṇuhṛdaya	विष्णुहृदय	viṣṇu—hṛdaya or viṣṇu—hṛda°ya-stotra, n. N. of a Stotra.
viṣṇujāmātṛ	विष्णुजामातृ	viṣṇu—jāmātṛ m. (prob.) Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa's brother-in-law (see kṛṣṇa-svasṛ).
viṣṇujāmala	विष्णुजामल	viṣṇu—jāmala n. w.r. for -yāmala.
viṣṇukaraṇa	विष्णुकरण	viṣṇu—karaṇa n. N. of wk.
viṣṇukavaca	विष्णुकवच	viṣṇu—kavaca n. N. of wk.
viṣṇukośala	विष्णुकोशल	viṣṇu—kośala m. N. of wk.
viṣṇukrāntā	विष्णुक्रान्ता	viṣṇu—krāntā f. N. of various plants (accord. to [L.] Clitoria Ternatea; Evolvulus Alsinoides; a kind of dark Śaṅkha-puṣpī), [Pañcar.]; [ŚārṅgS.] &c.
viṣṇukrānta	विष्णुक्रान्त	viṣṇu—krānta mf(A)n. bestridden by Viṣṇu, [TĀr.]
		viṣṇu—krānta m. a kind of measure, [Saṃgīt.]
viṣṇukrānti	विष्णुक्रान्ति	viṣṇu—krānti f. Evolvulus Alsinoides, [L.]
viṣṇukṣetra	विष्णुक्षेत्र	viṣṇu—kṣetra n. N. of a sacred district, [L.]
viṣṇulaharī	विष्णुलहरी	viṣṇu—laharī f. N. of wk.
viṣṇumānasa	विष्णुमानस	viṣṇu—mānasa n. N. of a Stotra.
viṣṇumantra	विष्णुमन्त्र	viṣṇu—mantra m. a hymn addressed to V°, [Cat.]
viṣṇunyaṅga	विष्णुन्यङ्ग	viṣṇu—nyaṅga mfn. containing incidental mention of Viṣṇu, [AitBr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
viṣṇupūjana	विष्णुपूजन	viṣṇu—pūjana n. ‘worship of V°’, N. of wk.
viṣṇupurāṇa	विष्णुपुराण	viṣṇu—purāṇa or viṣṇu—purā°ṇaka, n. N. of one of the most celebrated of the 18 Purāṇas (it conforms more than any other to the definition pañca-lakṣaṇa [q.v.]; and consists of 6 books, the 1st treating of the creation of the universe from Prakṛti, and the peopling of the world by the Prajā-patis; the 2nd giving a list of kings with many curious geographical and astronomical details; the 3rd treating of the Vedas and caste; the 4th continuing the chronicle of dynasties; the 5th giving the life of Kṛṣṇa; the 6th describing the dissolution of the world), [IW. 517.]
viṣṇustotra	विष्णुस्तोत्र	viṣṇu—stotra n. N. of wk.
viṣṇusvāmin	विष्णुस्वामिन्	viṣṇu—svāmin m. a temple or statue of V°, [Rājat.]
		N. of various men, [Kathās.]; [Sarvad.] &c. (esp. of a celebrated Vaiṣṇava teacher, predecessor of Vallabhācārya, [RTL. 134]).
viṣṇutantra	विष्णुतन्त्र	viṣṇu—tantra n.
viṣṇutattva	विष्णुतत्त्व	viṣṇu—tattva n. V°'s real essence, [Sarvad.]
		N. of wk.
viṣṇutoṣiṇī	विष्णुतोषिणी	viṣṇu—toṣiṇī f. N. of wk.
viṣṇuvāhana	विष्णुवाहन	viṣṇu—vāhana, n. ([Siṃhās.]) or viṣṇu—vāhya, m. ([L.]) ‘V°'s vehicle’, N. of Garuḍa.
viṣṇuvarman	विष्णुवर्मन्	viṣṇu—varman m. N. of a king, [ib.]
viṣṇuvijaya	विष्णुविजय	viṣṇu—vijaya m. N. of wk.

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