Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Vishnu"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vishnu \Vish"nu\, n. [Skr. Vish?u, from vish to pervade., to
extend through nature.] (Hindu Myth.)
A divinity of the modern Hindu trimurti, or trinity. He is
regarded as the preserver, while Brahma is the creator, and
Siva the destroyer of the creation.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Vishnu
n : the Sustainer; a Hindu divinity worshipped as the preserver
of worlds [syn: {Vishnu}]
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