विष्णु
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Sanskrit [edit]
Etymology [edit]
According to the traditional explanation a derivation from the root विवेष्टि (√viṣ, “to pervade”), thus originally meaning "All-pervader" or "Worker".
Noun [edit]
विष्णु (víṣṇu) m
- Vishnu (RV. etc.)
- RV 1.154.2a
- पर तद विष्णु सतवते वीर्येण मर्गो न भीमः कुचरो गिरिष्ठाः |
- यस्योरुषु तरिषु विक्रमणेष्वधिक्षियन्ति भुवनानि विश्वा ||
- pra tad viṣṇu stavate vīryeṇa mṛgho na bhīmaḥ kucaro ghiriṣṭhāḥ |
- yasyoruṣu triṣu vikramaṇeṣvadhikṣiyanti bhuvanāni viśvā ||
- For this his mighty deed is Viṣṇu lauded, like some wild beast, dread, prowling, mountain-roaming;
- He within whose three wide-extended paces all living creatures have their habitation.
- RV 1.154.2a
- name of the month चैत्र (caitra) (VarBṛS.)
- (with प्राजापत्य (prājāpatya)) name of the author of RV. X, 84
- name of a son of Manu Sāvarṇa and Manu Bhautya (MārkP.)
- name of the writer of a law-book
- 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 (yatī*ndra), वाजपेयिन् (vājapeyin), शास्त्रिन् etc.) name of various authors and others (Inscr., Cat.)
- = अग्नि (agni) (L.)
- = वसुदेवता (vasu-devatā) (L.)
- = शुद्ध (śuddha) (L.)
Declension [edit]
Masculine u-stem declension of विष्णु
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | विषणुः (viṣnuḥ) | विषणू (viṣnū) | विषणवः (viṣnavaḥ) |
| Vocative | विषणो (viṣno) | विषणू (viṣnū) | विषणवः (viṣnavaḥ) |
| Accusative | विषणुम् (viṣnum) | विषणू (viṣnū) | विषणून् (viṣnūn) |
| Instrumental | विषणुना (viṣnunā) | विषणुभ्याम् (viṣnubhyām) | विषणुभिः (viṣnubhiḥ) |
| Dative | विषणवे (viṣnave) | विषणुभ्याम् (viṣnubhyām) | विषणुभ्यः (viṣnubhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | विषणोः (viṣnoḥ) | विषणुभ्याम् (viṣnubhyām) | विषणुभ्यः (viṣnubhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | विषणोः (viṣnoḥ) | विषण्वोः (viṣnvoḥ) | विषणूनाम् (viṣnūnām) |
| Locative | विषणौ (viṣnau) | विषण्वोः (viṣnvoḥ) | विषणुषु (viṣnuṣu) |
Noun [edit]
विष्णु (víṣṇu) f
Declension [edit]
Feminine u-stem declension of विष्णु
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | विषणुः (viṣnuḥ) | विषणू (viṣnū) | विषणवः (viṣnavaḥ) |
| Vocative | विषणो (viṣno) | विषणू (viṣnū) | विषणवः (viṣnavaḥ) |
| Accusative | विषणुम् (viṣnum) | विषणू (viṣnū) | विषणूः (viṣnūḥ) |
| Instrumental | विषण्वा (viṣnvā) | विषणुभ्याम् (viṣnubhyām) | विषणुभिः (viṣnubhiḥ) |
| Dative | विषण्वै (viṣnvai) / विषणवे(viṣnave) | विषणुभ्याम् (viṣnubhyām) | विषणुभ्यः (viṣnubhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | विषणधेन्वाः (viṣnvāḥ) / विषणोः (viṣnoḥ) | विषणुभ्याम् (viṣnubhyām) | विषणुभ्यः (viṣnubhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | विषणधेन्वाः (viṣnvāḥ) / विषणोः (viṣnoḥ) | विषण्वोः (viṣnvoḥ) | विषणूनाम् (viṣnūnām) |
| Locative | विषण्वाम् (viṣnvām) / विषणौ (viṣnau) | विषण्वोः (viṣnvoḥ) | विषणुषु (viṣnuṣu) |
References [edit]
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0999
