विष्ठा विष्पन्द

विष्णु

विष्णु [विष् व्यापने नुक् Uṇ. 3. 39]
1 The second deity of the sacred Triad, entrusted with the preservation of the world, which duty he is represented to have duly discharged by his various incarnations; (for their descriptions see the several avatāras s. v. and also under अवतार); the word is thus popularly derived: −यस्माद्विश्वमिदं सर्वं तस्य शक्त्या महात्मनः । तस्मादेवोच्यते विष्णुर्वीशधातोः प्रवेश- नात् ॥).
2 N. of Agni.
3 A pious man.
4 N. of a law-giver, author of a Smṛti called विष्णुस्मृति.
5 N. of one of the Vasus.
6 The lunar mansion called Śravaṇa (presided over by Viṣṇu).
−Comp.
−कांची N. of a town.
−क्रमः the step or stride of Vishṇu.
−गुप्तः N. of Cāṇakya.
−तैलं a kind of medicinal oil.
−दैवत्या N. of the eleventh and twelfth days of each fortnight (of a lunar month).
−पदं 1. the sky, atmosphere. −2. the sea of milk. −3. the foot of Viṣṇu (worshipped at Gayā). −4. a lotus.
−पदी an epithet of the Ganges.
−पुराणं N. of one of the most celebrated of the eighteen Purāṇas.
−प्रीतिः f. land granted rent-free to Brāhmaṇas to maintain Viṣṇu's worship.
−माया N. of Durgā.
−रथः an epithet of Garuḍa.
−रातः N. of king Parīkshit.
−लिंगी a quail.
−लोकः Vishṇu's world.
−वल्लभा 1. an epithet of Lakṣmī. −2. the holy basil. −वाहनः, −वाह्यः epithets of Garuḍa.

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