Vishnu | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-15

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Vishnu


00:01:22 1 Etymology
00:02:07 2 Texts
00:02:16 2.1 Vedas
00:05:26 2.2 Trivikrama: The Three Steps of Vishnu
00:06:48 2.3 Brahmanas
00:08:27 2.4 Upanishads
00:09:10 2.5 Puranas
00:13:13 2.6 Sangam &amp; Post-Sangam Literature
00:14:13 2.7 Bhakti Movement
00:15:10 3 Vaishnava Theology
00:18:05 4 Relations With Deities
00:18:15 4.1 Lakshmi
00:19:02 4.2 Trimurti: Shiva and Brahma
00:20:05 4.3 Garuda
00:20:33 4.4 Sisters
00:20:46 5 Avatars of Vishnu
00:22:00 5.1 Dashavatara
00:22:59 6 Beyond Hinduism
00:23:08 6.1 Sikhism
00:24:25 6.2 Buddhism
00:27:37 6.3 Other Cultures
00:28:49 7 Iconography &amp; Temples
00:31:24 8 See Also



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Vishnu (; Sanskrit pronunciation: [vɪʂɳu]; Sanskrit: विष्णु, IAST: Viṣṇu) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism, and the Supreme Being or absolute truth in its Vaishnavism tradition. Vishnu is the "preserver" in the Hindu triad (Trimurti) that includes Brahma and Shiva.In Vaishnavism, Vishnu is identical to the formless metaphysical concept called Brahman, the supreme, the Svayam Bhagavan, who takes various avatars as "the preserver, protector" whenever the world is threatened with evil, chaos, and destructive forces. His avatars most notably include Rama in the Ramayana and Krishna in the Mahabharata. He is also known as Narayana, Jagannath, Vasudeva, Vithoba, and Hari. He is one of the five equivalent deities worshipped in Panchayatana puja of the Smarta Tradition of Hinduism.In Hindu iconography, Vishnu is usually depicted as having a pale or dark blue complexion and having four arms. He holds a padma (lotus flower) in his lower left hand, Kaumodaki gada (mace) in his lower right hand, Panchajanya shankha (conch) in his upper left hand and the Sudarshana Chakra (discus) in his upper right hand. A traditional depiction is Vishnu reclining on the coils of the serpent Shesha, accompanied by his consort Lakshmi, as he "dreams the universe into reality".