"Vishnu" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈvɪʃnu/
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit विष्णु (viṣṇu). Etymology templates: {{translit|en|sa|विष्णु}} Transliteration of Sanskrit विष्णु (viṣṇu) Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: Hinduism Categories (topical): Hinduism, God, Hindu deities, Vaishnavism Synonyms: Narayana Translations (the god): Wisjnoe (Afrikaans), فِيشْنُو (fīšnū) [masculine] (Arabic), Viṣṇu (Aragonese), Վիշնու (Višnu) (Armenian), বিষ্ণু (bisnu) (Assamese), Visnú (Asturian), Vişnu (Azerbaijani), Wisnu (Balinese), Bisnu (Banjarese), বিষ্ণু (biśnu) (Bengali), Vichnou (Breton), Вишну (Višnu) (Bulgarian), ဗိဿနိုး (bi.ssa.nui:) (Burmese), Vixnu (Catalan), 毗濕奴 (Chinese Mandarin), 毗湿奴 (Píshīnú) (Chinese Mandarin), Višnu (Czech), Vishnu (Danish), Vishnoe (Dutch), Viŝnuo (Esperanto), Vishnu (Finnish), Vishnou (French), Vishnu (Galician), ვიშნუ (višnu) (Georgian), Wischnu [masculine] (German), Vishnu (German), Βισνού (Visnoú) [masculine] (Greek), વિષ્ણુ (viṣṇu) (Gujarati), וישנו (Hebrew), विष्णु (viṣṇu) [masculine] (Hindi), Visnu (Hungarian), Visnjú (Icelandic), Wisnu (Indonesian), Vishnu (Italian), ヴィシュヌ (Vishunu) (Japanese), ビシュヌ (Bishunu) (Japanese), Wisnu (Javanese), ವಿಷ್ಣು (viṣṇu) (Kannada), ពិស្ណុ (pisnoʼ) (Khmer), ព្រះនារាយណ៍ (preah nieriey) (Khmer), ព្រះវិស្ណុ (prĕəhvisnoʼ) (Khmer), 비슈누 (Bisyunu) (Korean), Višnu (Latvian), Višnus (Lithuanian), Wischnu (Low German), Vishnu (Malay), വിഷ്ണു (viṣṇu) (Malayalam), विष्णु (viṣṇu) (Marathi), Вишнү (Višnü) (Mongolian), विष्णु (wiṣṇu) (Newar), Vishnu (Norwegian), ବିଷ୍ଣୁ (biṣṇu) (Odia), ویشنو (višnu) (Persian), Wisznu [masculine] (Polish), Vishnu [masculine] (Portuguese), Vixnu [masculine] (Portuguese), Visnu [masculine] (Portuguese), ਵਿਸ਼੍ਣੁ (viśṇu) (Punjabi), Vișnu (Romanian), Ви́шну (Víšnu) [masculine] (Russian), विष्णु (víṣṇu) [masculine] (Sanskrit), Vishnu (Scots), Вишну [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Višnu [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), විෂ්ණු (wiṣṇu) (Sinhalese), Višnu (Slovak), Víšnu [masculine] (Slovene), Vishnú (Spanish), Vishnu (Swedish), Vishnu (Tagalog), விஷ்ணு (viṣṇu) (Tamil), విష్ణువు (viṣṇuvu) (Telugu), พระวิษณุ (Prá Wít-sà-nú) (Thai), Vişnu (Turkish), Ві́шну (Víšnu) [masculine] (Ukrainian), وشنو (viṣṇu) [masculine] (Urdu), Vishnu (Vietnamese), Vishnu (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Vishnu-en-name-yt2PpJyI Disambiguation of God: 69 31 Disambiguation of Hindu deities: 70 30 Disambiguation of Vaishnavism: 60 40 Disambiguation of 'the god': 100 0
  2. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Vishnu-en-name-REchmu7P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 59

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      "word": "Wisnu"
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      "sense": "the god",
      "word": "ဗိဿနိုး"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "si",
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      "roman": "wiṣṇu",
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      "word": "විෂ්ණු"
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      "word": "พระวิษณุ"
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