# विष्णु
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विष्णु (viṣṇu).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʋɪʂ.ɳuː/, [ʋɪʃ.ɳuː]
* Audio:(file)

### 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

#### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विष्णु”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Alternative forms

* विष्णू (viṣṇū)

### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit विष्णु (viṣṇu), through Old Marathi 𑘪𑘲𑘬𑘿𑘜𑘳 (vīṣṇu).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋiʂ.ɳu/, [ʋiʂ.ɳuː]

### Proper noun

विष्णु • (viṣṇu) m
* (Hinduism, Buddhism) Vishnu; the preserver in the Trimurti and the principal deity of Vaishnavism
    Synonyms: नारायण (nārāyaṇ), हरि (hari)
* a male given name, Vishnu, from Sanskrit

#### References

* 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
### 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

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋíʂ.ɳu/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ʋiʂ.ɳu/

### Proper 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.

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* → 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)
** Marathi: विष्णु (viṣṇu), विष्णू (viṣṇū)
* → Telugu: విష్ణువు (viṣṇuvu)
* → Tamil: விஷ்ணு (viṣṇu)

### Noun

विष्णु • (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

* ¹Vedic

### Noun

विष्णु • (viṣṇu) stem, f
* name of the mother of the 11th अर्हत् (arhat) of the present अवसर्पिणी (avasarpiṇī) (L.)

#### Declension

* ¹Later Sanskrit
* ²Brāhmaṇas

### References

* 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.