Vishnu

Vishnu

English

Vishnu statue 2

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit विष्णु (viṣṇu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪʃnu/

Proper noun

Vishnu

1. (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 chakram weapon. Vishnu is the Supreme being or Ultimate Reality for Vaishnavas and a manifestation of Brahman in the Advaita or Smarta traditions of Hinduism.
2. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Synonyms

• Narayana

Translations

the god

Afrikaans: Wisjnoe Arabic: فِيشْنُو‎ m (fīšnū) Aragonese: Viṣṇu Armenian: Վիշնու (Višnu) Assamese: বিষ্ণু (bisnu) Asturian: Visnú Azerbaijani: Vişnu Balinese: Wisnu Banjarese: Bisnu Bengali: বিষ্ণু (biṣṇu) Breton: Vichnou Bulgarian: Вишну (Višnu) Burmese: ဗိဿနိုး (my) (bi.ssa.nui:) Catalan: Vixnu Chinese: Mandarin: 毗濕奴／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: Wischnu m, Vishnu Greek: Βισνού m (Visnoú) Gujarati: વિષ્ણુ (viṣṇu) Hebrew: וישנו‎ Hindi: विष्णु (hi) m (viṣṇu) Hungarian: Visnu (hu) 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) (pɨhnoʼ), ព្រះនារាយណ៍ (preah nieriey), ព្រះវិស្ណុ (prĕəhvɨhnoʼ) Korean: 비슈누 (Bisyunu) Latvian: Višnu Lithuanian: Višnus Low German: Wischnu Malay: Vishnu Malayalam: വിഷ്ണു (ml) (viṣṇu) Marathi: विष्णु (viṣṇu) Mongolian: Вишнү (Višnü) Newar: विष्णु (wiṣṇu) 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 (wiṣṇu) Slovak: Višnu Slovene: Víšnu (sl) m Spanish: Vishnú Swedish: Vishnu Tagalog: Vishnu Tamil: விஷ்ணு (ta) (viṣṇu) Telugu: విష్ణువు (te) (viṣṇuvu) Thai: พระวิษณุ (th) (phrá wítnú) Turkish: Vişnu Ukrainian: Ві́шну m (Víšnu) Urdu: وشنو‎ m (viṣṇu) Vietnamese: Vishnu Welsh: Vishnu

Further reading

• Vishnu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Alternative forms

• Vixnu
• Visnu
• Thirumal

Proper noun

Vishnu m

1. (Hinduism) Vishnu (the supreme god)