vishnu

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Spoken Sanskrit

English

श्रीश 	-	  zrIza 	-	 m.
  	-	 Vishnu
अक्षर 	-	  akSara 	-	 m.
  	-	 Vishnu
विष्णु 	-	  viSNu 	-	 m.
  	-	  God Vishnu
पुरारि 	-	  purAri 	-	 m.
  	-	  name of Vishnu
कामपाल 	-	  kAmapAla 	-	 m.
  	-	  name of Vishnu
वैकुण्ठ 	-	  vaikuNTha 	-	 m.
  	-	 Vishnu's heaven
त्रिनाभ 	-	  trinAbha 	-	 adj.
  	-	  adjective used for Vishnu  [ whose navel supports the 3 worlds ]
मुरारि 	-	  murAri 	-	 m.
  	-	  name of Krishna or Vishnu
कृष्ण 	-	  kRSNa 	-	 m.
  	-	  incarnation of Lord Vishnu
वामन 	-	  vAmana 	-	 m.
  	-	  fifth incarnation of Vishnu  [ among the ten ]
परशुराम 	-	  parazurAma 	-	 m.
  	-	 Vishnu,  sixth incarnation of
मत्स्यावतार 	-	  matsyAvatAra 	-	 m.
  	-	 Vishnu,  first incarnation of
वराहावतार 	-	  varAhAvatAra 	-	 m.
  	-	 Vishnu,  third incarnation of
कपिल 	-	  kapila 	-	 m.
  	-	  name of a great sage,  Vishnu
कूर्म 	-	  kUrma 	-	 m.
  	-	 Vishnu,  second incarnation of
नरसिंह 	-	  narasiMha 	-	 m.
  	-	 Vishnu,  fourth incarnation of
रामचन्द्र 	-	  rAmacandra 	-	 m.
  	-	 Vishnu,  seventh incarnation of
कल्कि 	-	  kalki 	-	 m.
  	-	 Vishnu,  tenth and last incarnation of

त्रिब्रह्मन् 	-	  tribrahman 	-	 adj.
  	-	 viSNu
त्रिमूर्ति 	-	  trimUrti 	-	 adj.
  	-	 viSNu
अधोमुख 	-	  adhomukha 	-	 m.
  	-	 viSNu
अङ्गति 	-	  aGgati 	-	 m.
  	-	 viSNu
अनीश 	-	  anIza 	-	 m.
  	-	 viSNu
अन्नकोष्ठक 	-	  annakoSThaka 	-	 m.
  	-	 viSNu
अपराजित 	-	  aparAjita 	-	 m.
  	-	 viSNu
अरविन्दनाभ 	-	  aravindanAbha 	-	 m.
  	-	 viSNu
कौस्तुभधामन् 	-	  kaustubhadhAman 	-	 m.
  	-	 viSNu
खगासन 	-	  khagAsana 	-	 m.
  	-	 viSNu
खण्डपरशु 	-	  khaNDaparazu 	-	 m.
  	-	 viSNu
चक्रभृत् 	-	  cakrabhRt 	-	 m.
  	-	 viSNu
चक्रपाणि 	-	  cakrapANi 	-	 m.
  	-	 viSNu
चक्रस्वामिन् 	-	  cakrasvAmin 	-	 m.
  	-	 viSNu
चक्रेश्वर 	-	  cakrezvara 	-	 m.
  	-	 viSNu
चतुर्दंष्ट्र 	-	  caturdaMSTra 	-	 m.
  	-	 viSNu
चतुर्होत्र 	-	  caturhotra 	-	 m.
  	-	 viSNu
चातुर्महाराजिक 	-	  cAturmahArAjika 	-	 m.
  	-	 viSNu
चतुष्पाणि 	-	  catuSpANi 	-	 m.
  	-	 viSNu
चिरजीविन् 	-	  cirajIvin 	-	 m.
  	-	 viSNu

Monier Williams

English

 VISHNU,  s.
  विष्णुः. The second person of the Hindū triad, 
and the most celebrated and popular of all the Indian
deities.  He is the personification of the preserving
power,  and became incarnate in nine different forms,  for
the preservation of mankind in various emergencies. 
Before the creation of the universe,  and after its tem-
porary annihilation,  he is supposed to sleep on the
waters,  floating on the serpent Śeṣa,  and is then identi-
fied with Nārāyana.  Brahmā,  the creator,  is fabled to
spring at that time from a lotus which grows from his
navel,  whilst thus asleep. Viṣṇu's wife is called Lak-
ṣmī,  and the vehicle on which he rides,  Garuḍa.  See
LAKSHMI,  GARUḌA. His ten avatārs or incarnations are:
1. The Matsya,  or Fish. In this avatār Viṣṇu descended
in the form of a fish to save the pious king Satyavrata, 
who with the seven Ṛiṣis and their wives had taken
refuge in the ark to escape the deluge which then
destroyed the earth. 2. The Kūrma,  or Tortoise. In
this he descended in the form of a tortoise,  for the pur-
pose of restoring to man some of the comforts lost dur-
ing the flood. To this end he stationed himself at the
bottom of the ocean,  and allowed the point of the great
mountain Mandara to be placed upon his back,  which
served as a hard axis,  whereon the gods and demons, 
with the serpent Vāsuki twisted round the mountain for
a rope,  churned the waters for the recovery of the
amṛta or nectar,  and fourteen other sacred things,  see
OCEAN. 3. The Varāha,  or Boar. In this he descended
in the form of a boar to rescue the earth from the
power of a demon called ‘golden-eyed, ’ Hiraṇyākṣa. 
This demon had seized on the earth and carried it with
him into the depths of the ocean.  Viṣṇu dived into
the abyss,  and,  after a contest of a thousand years,  slew
the monster. 4. The Narasinha,  or Man-lion.  In this
monstrous shape of a creature half-man,  half-lion,  Viṣṇu
delivered the earth from the tyranny of an insolent
demon called Hiraṇyakaśipu. 5. Vāmana,  or Dwarf. 
This avatār happened in the second age of the Hindūs or
Tretā yug,  the four preceding are said to have occurred
in the first or Satya yug
 the object of this avatar
was to trick Bali out of the dominion of the three worlds. 
Assuming the form of a wretched dwarf he appeared
before the king,  and asked,  as a boon,  as much land as
he could pace in three steps.  This was granted
 and
Viṣṇu,  immediately expanding himself till he filled the
world,  deprived Bali at two steps of heaven and earth, 
but in consideration of some merit,  left Pātāla still in his
dominion.  6. Paraśurāma.  7. Rāmachandra
 for an
account of both these,  see RĀMA. 8. Kṛṣna,  or,  accord-
ing to some,  Balarama,  see KṚISHNA,  RĀMA. 9. Buddha. 
In this avatār Viṣṇu descended in the form of a sage, 
for the purpose of making some reform in the religion
of the Brahmins,  and especially to reclaim them from
their proneness to animal sacrifice. Many of the
Hindūs will not allow this to have been an incarnation
of their favourite god. 10. Kalki,  or White Horse.
This is yet to come. Viṣṇu,  mounted on a white
horse,  with a drawn scimitar,  blazing like a comet,  will, 
according to prophecy,  end this present age,  viz. the
fourth or Kali yug,  by destroying the world,  and then
renovating creation by an era of purity. Many of the
names of Vishnu correspond with those of Kṛṣna,  who
is by many identified with Viṣṇu,  see KRISHNA. Some
of his other names are here given. 
— (Supporter of the
universe) विश्वम्भरः.
— (Mover on the waters) नारायणः.
—
(From whose navel comes the lotus from which Brahmā
springs) पद्मनाभः,  पद्मनाभिः m.
 
— (Sleeper on a lotus) पद्मेशयः, 
नलिनेशयः.
— (The best male) पुरुषोत्तमः.
— (The four-armed)
चतुर्भुजः.
— (Holder of the conch-shell) शङ्खी m.
 
— (Discus-
handed) चक्रपाणिः m.
 
— (Holding a bow made of horn) शार्ङ्गी m.
 
— (The seizer) हरिः m.
 
— (Foe of the demons) दैत्यारिः m.
 
—
(Having ten incarnations) दशावतारः.
— (Taker of three
strides,  under the 5th or Dwarf avatār) त्रिविक्रमः,  त्रिपाद्
— (Destroyer of Bali) बलिध्वंसी m.
 
— (Husband of Lakṣmī, 
or attended by her as the goddess of fortune) लक्ष्मीपतिः m.
 , 
लक्ष्मीशः,  श्रीपतिः m.
 ,  श्रीधरः,  श्रीनिकेतनः,  श्रीनिवासः,  श्रीकान्तः.
— (Possessing the paradise called Vaikuntha) वैकुण्ठः.
—
(Having Garuda as a vehicle) गरुडध्वजः,  तार्क्ष्यध्वजः,  तार्क्ष्य-
नायकः.
— (Decapitator of Rāhu) राहुमूर्द्धभिद् m.
 ,  राहुभेदी m.
 ,  see
RĀHU.
— (Having spreading ears) विष्ठरश्रवाः m.
 
— (Destroyer
of the demon Kaitabha) कैटभजित्
— (Supporting the earth)
कुस्तुभः.
— (Present to such as have brought under their
passions) अधोक्षजः.
— (Lotus-eyed) पुण्डरीकाक्षः.
— (Self-born)
स्वभूः m.
 
— (Whose armies are everywhere) विष्वक्सेनः.
Other names are हरित्,  जन्मकीलः,  मालः,  वासुः m.
 ,  शौरिः m.
 , 
विधुः m.
  A worshipper of Vishnu is called वैष्णवः.

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