विष्णु
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See also: विषाणु
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit विष्णु (viṣṇu).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
विष्णु • (viṣṇu) m (Urdu spelling وشنو)
- (Hinduism, Buddhism) Vishnu (the preserver in the Trimurti and the principal deity of Vaishnavism)
- a male given name, Vishnu, from Sanskrit
Declension
Declension of विष्णु (masc u-stem)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विष्णु”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱিষ্ণু (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬶᬱ᭄ᬡᬸ (Balinese script)
- বিষ্ণু (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰰𑰬𑰿𑰜𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀺𑀱𑁆𑀡𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ဝိၑ္ဏု (Burmese script)
- વિષ્ણુ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਿਸ਼੍ਣੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌣𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦶꦰ꧀ꦟꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂱𑂭𑂹𑂝𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ವಿಷ್ಣು (Kannada script)
- វិឞ្ណុ (Khmer script)
- ວິຩ຺ຓຸ (Lao script)
- വിഷ്ണു (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡳᢢᢏᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘱𑘬𑘿𑘜𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠢᢔᢏᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧒𑧌𑧠𑦼𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐶𑐲𑑂𑐞𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଵିଷ୍ଣୁ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢶꢰ꣄ꢠꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆴𑆰𑇀𑆟𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖰𑖬𑖿𑖜𑖲 (Siddham script)
- විෂ්ණු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩑𑪀 𑪙𑩪𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚮𑚶𑚘𑚰 (Takri script)
- விஷ்ணு (Tamil script)
- విష్ణు (Telugu script)
- วิษฺณุ (Thai script)
- ཝི་ཥྞུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒱𑒭𑓂𑒝𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨁𑨯𑩇𑨘𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
विष्णु • (víṣṇu) stem, m
- Vishnu
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 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.
- prá tádvíṣṇuḥ stavate vīryèṇa mṛgó ná bhīmáḥ kucaró giriṣṭhā́ḥ.
- प्र तद्विष्णुः॑ स्तवते वी॒र्ये॑ण मृ॒गो न भी॒मः कु॑च॒रो गि॑रि॒ष्ठाः ।
- name of the month चैत्र (caitra) (VarBṛS.)
- (with प्राजापत्य (prājāpatya)) name of the author of RV. X, 84
- name of a son of Manu Sāvarṇa and Manu Bhautya (MārkP.)
- name of the writer of a law-book
- name of the father of the 11th अर्हत् (arhat) of the present अवसर्पिणी (avasarpiṇī) (L.)
- (also with गणक (gaṇaka), कवि (kavi), दैवज्ञ (daivajña), पण्डित (paṇḍita), भट्ट (bhaṭṭa), मिश्र (miśra), यतीन्द्र (yatī*ndra), वाजपेयिन् (vājapeyin), शास्त्रिन् (śāstrin) etc.) name of various authors and others (Inscr., Cat.)
- = अग्नि (agni) (L.)
- = वसुदेवता (vasu-devatā) (L.)
- = शुद्ध (śuddha) (L.)
Declension
| Masculine u-stem declension of विष्णु (víṣṇu) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | विष्णुः víṣṇuḥ |
विष्णू víṣṇū |
विष्णवः víṣṇavaḥ |
| Vocative | विष्णो víṣṇo |
विष्णू víṣṇū |
विष्णवः víṣṇavaḥ |
| Accusative | विष्णुम् víṣṇum |
विष्णू víṣṇū |
विष्णून् víṣṇūn |
| Instrumental | विष्णुना / विष्ण्वा¹ víṣṇunā / víṣṇvā¹ |
विष्णुभ्याम् víṣṇubhyām |
विष्णुभिः víṣṇubhiḥ |
| Dative | विष्णवे víṣṇave |
विष्णुभ्याम् víṣṇubhyām |
विष्णुभ्यः víṣṇubhyaḥ |
| Ablative | विष्णोः víṣṇoḥ |
विष्णुभ्याम् víṣṇubhyām |
विष्णुभ्यः víṣṇubhyaḥ |
| Genitive | विष्णोः víṣṇoḥ |
विष्ण्वोः víṣṇvoḥ |
विष्णूनाम् víṣṇūnām |
| Locative | विष्णौ víṣṇau |
विष्ण्वोः víṣṇvoḥ |
विष्णुषु víṣṇuṣu |
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Noun
विष्णु • (viṣṇu) stem, f
Declension
| Feminine u-stem declension of विष्णु (viṣṇu) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | विष्णुः viṣṇuḥ |
विष्णू viṣṇū |
विष्णवः viṣṇavaḥ |
| Vocative | विष्णो viṣṇo |
विष्णू viṣṇū |
विष्णवः viṣṇavaḥ |
| Accusative | विष्णुम् viṣṇum |
विष्णू viṣṇū |
विष्णूः viṣṇūḥ |
| Instrumental | विष्ण्वा viṣṇvā |
विष्णुभ्याम् viṣṇubhyām |
विष्णुभिः viṣṇubhiḥ |
| Dative | विष्णवे / विष्ण्वै¹ viṣṇave / viṣṇvai¹ |
विष्णुभ्याम् viṣṇubhyām |
विष्णुभ्यः viṣṇubhyaḥ |
| Ablative | विष्णोः / विष्ण्वाः¹ / विष्ण्वै² viṣṇoḥ / viṣṇvāḥ¹ / viṣṇvai² |
विष्णुभ्याम् viṣṇubhyām |
विष्णुभ्यः viṣṇubhyaḥ |
| Genitive | विष्णोः / विष्ण्वाः¹ / विष्ण्वै² viṣṇoḥ / viṣṇvāḥ¹ / viṣṇvai² |
विष्ण्वोः viṣṇvoḥ |
विष्णूनाम् viṣṇūnām |
| Locative | विष्णौ / विष्ण्वाम्¹ viṣṇau / viṣṇvām¹ |
विष्ण्वोः viṣṇvoḥ |
विष्णुषु viṣṇuṣu |
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Descendants
- → Bengali: বিষ্ণু (biśnu) (learned)
- → Bengali: বিষ্টু (biśṭu) (semi-learned)
- → Chinese: 毗濕奴／毗湿奴 (Píshīnú)
- → Japanese: 毘紐天 (Bihiten)
- → Odia: ବିଷ୍ଣୁ (bishṇu)
- → Telugu: విష్ణువు (viṣṇuvu)
- → Malayalam: വിഷ്ണു (viṣṇu)
- → Tamil: விஷ்ணு (viṣṇu)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “विष्णु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0999.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.