विष्णु
See also: विषाणु
Hindi
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Sanskrit विष्णु (viṣṇu).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editविष्णु • (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
editDeclension of विष्णु (masc u-stem)
References
edit- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विष्णु”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi
editAlternative forms
edit- विष्णू (viṣṇū)
Etymology
editInherited from Sanskrit विष्णु (viṣṇu), through Old Marathi 𑘪𑘲𑘬𑘿𑘜𑘳 (vīṣṇu).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editविष्णु • (viṣṇu) m
- (Hinduism, Buddhism) Vishnu; the preserver in the Trimurti and the principal deity of Vaishnavism
- a male given name, Vishnu, from Sanskrit
References
edit- 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
Sanskrit
editAlternative scripts
editAlternative 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
editAccording 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
editProper noun
editविष्णु • (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 ।
Declension
editsingular | 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 (víṣṇunā) विष्ण्वा¹ (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) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
edit- → 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 (bishṇu)
- → Old Marathi: 𑘪𑘲𑘬𑘿𑘜𑘳 (vīṣṇu)
- → Telugu: విష్ణువు (viṣṇuvu)
- → Tamil: விஷ்ணு (viṣṇu)
Noun
editविष्णु • (víṣṇu) stem, m
- the name of the month चैत्र (caitra) (VarBṛS.)
- (with प्राजापत्य (prājāpatya)) the name of the author of RV. X, 84
- the name of a son of Manu Sāvarṇa and Manu Bhautya (MārkP.)
- the name of the writer of a law-book
- the 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 (yatīndra), वाजपेयिन् (vājapeyin), शास्त्रिन् (śāstrin) etc.) the name of various authors and others (Inscr., Cat.)
- = अग्नि (agni) (L.)
- = वसुदेवता (vasudevatā) (L.)
- = शुद्ध (śuddha) (L.)
Declension
editsingular | 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 (víṣṇunā) विष्ण्वा¹ (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) |
- ¹Vedic
Noun
editविष्णु • (viṣṇu) stem, f
Declension
editsingular | 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 (viṣṇave) विष्ण्वै¹ (viṣṇvai¹) |
विष्णुभ्याम् (viṣṇubhyām) | विष्णुभ्यः (viṣṇubhyaḥ) |
ablative | विष्णोः (viṣṇoḥ) विष्ण्वाः¹ (viṣṇvāḥ¹) विष्ण्वै² (viṣṇvai²) |
विष्णुभ्याम् (viṣṇubhyām) | विष्णुभ्यः (viṣṇubhyaḥ) |
genitive | विष्णोः (viṣṇoḥ) विष्ण्वाः¹ (viṣṇvāḥ¹) विष्ण्वै² (viṣṇvai²) |
विष्ण्वोः (viṣṇvoḥ) | विष्णूनाम् (viṣṇūnām) |
locative | विष्णौ (viṣṇau) विष्ण्वाम्¹ (viṣṇvām¹) |
विष्ण्वोः (viṣṇvoḥ) | विष्णुषु (viṣṇuṣu) |
- ¹Later Sanskrit
- ²Brāhmaṇas
References
edit- 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.
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