विष्णु

Borrowed from Sanskrit विष्णु (viṣṇu).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪʂ.ɳuː/, [ʋɪʃ.ɳuː]

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विष्णु • (viṣṇu) m (Urdu spelling وشنو)

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) Vishnu (the preserver in the Trimurti and the principal deity of Vaishnavism)
2. a male given name, Vishnu, from Sanskrit

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विष्णु”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

• विष्णू (viṣṇū)

Borrowed from Sanskrit विष्णु (viṣṇu). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘪𑘲𑘬𑘿𑘜𑘳 (vīṣṇu).

• IPA^(key): /ʋiʂ.ɳu/, [ʋiʂ.ɳuː]

विष्णु • (viṣṇu) m

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) Vishnu; the preserver in the Trimurti and the principal deity of Vaishnavism

   Synonyms: नारायण (nārāyaṇ), हरि (hari)

2. a male given name, Vishnu, from Sanskrit

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “विष्णु”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “विष्णू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “विष्णु”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

According to the traditional explanation a derivation from the root विष् (viṣ, “to pervade”), thus originally meaning "All-pervader" or "Worker"; related to विवेष्टि (viveṣṭi, “to work”), both from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to produce”). Alternatively, a substrate borrowing.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋíʂ.ɳu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋiʂ.ɳu/

विष्णु • (víṣṇu) stem, m

1. Vishnu
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.154.2:

     प्र तद्विष्णुः॑ स्तवते वी॒र्ये॑ण मृ॒गो न भी॒मः कु॑च॒रो गि॑रि॒ष्ठाः ।
     यस्यो॒रुषु॑ त्रि॒षु वि॒क्रम॑णेष्वधिक्षि॒यन्ति॒ भुव॑नानि॒ विश्वा॑ ॥

     prá tádvíṣṇuḥ stavate vīryèṇa mṛgó ná bhīmáḥ kucaró giriṣṭhā́ḥ.
     yásyorúṣu triṣú vikrámaṇeṣvadhikṣiyánti bhúvanāni víśvā.

     Viṣṇu is therefore glorified, that by his prowess he is like a fearful, ravenous, and mountain-haunting wild beast, and because of that in his three paces all worlds abide.

• → Bengali: বিষ্ণু (biśnu) (learned)
• → Bengali: বিষ্টু (biśṭu) (semi-learned)
• → Chinese: 毗濕奴 / 毗湿奴 (Píshīnú)
• → Japanese: 毘紐天 (Bihiten)
• → Kannada: ವಿಷ್ಣು (viṣṇu)
• → Malayalam: വിഷ്ണു (viṣṇu)
• → Odia: ବିଷ୍ଣୁ (biṣṇu)
• → Old Marathi: 𑘪𑘲𑘬𑘿𑘜𑘳 (vīṣṇu)
  • Marathi: विष्णु (viṣṇu), विष्णू (viṣṇū)
• → Telugu: విష్ణువు (viṣṇuvu)
• → Tamil: விஷ்ணு (viṣṇu)

विष्णु • (víṣṇu) stem, m

1. the name of the month चैत्र (caitra) (VarBṛS.)
2. (with प्राजापत्य (prājāpatya)) the name of the author of RV. X, 84
3. the name of a son of Manu Sāvarṇa and Manu Bhautya (MārkP.)
4. the name of the writer of a law-book
5. the name of the father of the 11th अर्हत् (arhat) of the present अवसर्पिणी (avasarpiṇī) (L.)
6. (also with गणक (gaṇaka), कवि (kavi), दैवज्ञ (daivajña), पण्डित (paṇḍita), भट्ट (bhaṭṭa), मिश्र (miśra), यतीन्द्र (yatīndra), वाजपेयिन् (vājapeyin), शास्त्रिन् (śāstrin) etc.) the name of various authors and others (Inscr., Cat.)
7. = अग्नि (agni) (L.)
8. = वसुदेवता (vasudevatā) (L.)
9. = शुद्ध (śuddha) (L.)

विष्णु • (viṣṇu) stem, f

1. name of the mother of the 11th अर्हत् (arhat) of the present अवसर्पिणी (avasarpiṇī) (L.)

• Monier Williams (1899) “विष्णु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 999, column 1.
• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “विष्णु”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.