Vishnu

English

Borrowed from Sanskrit विष्णु (Víṣṇu).

Vishnu

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

the god

Afrikaans: Wisjnoe
Arabic: فِيشْنُو‎ m (fīšnū)
Aragonese: Viṣṇu
Armenian: Վիշնու (Višnu)
Assamese: বিষ্ণু (biṣṇu)
Bengali: বিষ্ণু (biṣṇu)
Breton: Vichnou
Bulgarian: Вишну (Višnu)
Burmese: ဗိဿနိုး (my) (bi.ssa.nui:)
Catalan: Vixnu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 毗濕奴 (zh), 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
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) (pɨhnoʾ), ព្រះនារាយណ៍ (preah nieriey), ព្រះវិស្ណុ (prĕəhvɨhnoʾ)
Korean: 비슈누 (Bisyunu)
Latvian: Višnu

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