विष्णु

Borrowed from Sanskrit विष्णु (viṣṇu).

• (Standard Hindi) 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]

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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/

विष्णु॑ • (víṣṇu) stem, m

1. Vishnu
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.22.20:

     तद् विष्णोः॑ पर॒मं प॒दं सदा॑ पश्यन्ति सू॒रयः॑ ।
     दि॒वी॑व॒ चक्षु॒र् आत॑तम् ॥

     tád víṣṇoḥ paramáṃ padáṃ sádā paśyanti sūráyaḥ.
     divī̀va cákṣur ā́tatam.

     The sages always behold the loftiest footprint of Viṣṇu
     Extending far and wide, like an eye in the sky.

   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 12.47.8:

     स्वरेण पुष्टनादेन तुष्टाव मधुसूदनम् ।
     योगेश्वरं पद्मनाभं विष्णुं जिष्णुं जगत्पतिम् ॥

     svareṇa puṣṭanādena tuṣṭāva madhusūdanam.
     yogeśvaraṃ padmanābhaṃ viṣṇuṃ jiṣṇuṃ jagatpatim.

     With a strong voice, [Bhīṣma] praised the slayer of Madhu, the lord of yoga, the one with a lotus in his navel, Viṣṇu, the victorious one, the Lord of the Universe.

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.)

• → 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)

विष्णु॑ • (víṣṇu) stem, m

1. the name of the month चैत्र (caitra) (VarBṛS.)

• 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.