विष्णु

Sanskrit

/ʋɪʂɳʊ/

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Definitions
  • Vishnu ( etc.)
  • name of the month चैत्र (चैत्र) ()
  • (with प्राजापत्य (प्राजापत्य)) name of the author of X, 84
  • name of a son of Manu Sāvarṇa and Manu Bhautya ()
  • name of the writer of a law-book
  • name of the father of the 11th अर्हत् (अर्हत्) of the present अवसर्पिणी (अवसर्पिणी) ()
  • (also with गणक (गणक), कवि (कवि), दैवज्ञ (दैवज्ञ), पण्डित (पण्डित), भट्ट (भट्ट), मिश्र (मिश्र), यतीन्द्र (tr=yatī*ndra), वाजपेयिन् (वाजपेयिन्), शास्त्रिन् (शास्त्रिन्) etc.) name of various authors and others (, )
  • = अग्नि (अग्नि) ()
  • = वसुदेवता (tr=vasu-devatā) ()
  • = शुद्ध (शुद्ध) ()

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (flow, melt, produce, increase, run, turn, procreate, rotate, poison).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*weys-

Gloss

flow, melt, produce, increase, run, turn, procreate, rotate, poison

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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