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	Vishnu
		The 'Vishnu Sukta' of the Rig Veda (1.154) says that the first and second of Vishnu's strides (those encompassing the earth and air) are visible to men and the third is in the heights of heaven (sky).
		In the Vedas, Vishnu appears not yet included in the class of the Adityas (unless it is implied that he is identical with Surya, and included as the eighth Aditya), but in later texts he appears as heading them.
		Cosmologist Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet contends that the 10 Avatars of Vishnu (the Preserver) is a parable of evolution related to the Astrological Ages of fixed signs of the Zodiac (Aquarius, Scorpio, Leo and Taurus).
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		In the Vedas, Vishnu appears not yet included in the class of the Adityas (unless it is implied that he is identical with Surya, and included as the eighth Aditya), but in later texts he appears as heading them.
		Vishnu takes form as an all-inclusive deity, known as Purusha or Mahāpurusha, Paramātma [Supreme Soul], Antaryāmi [In-dweller], and He is the Sheshin [Totality] in whom all souls are contained.
		Vishnu's consort is Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth.
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	Vishnu - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Vishnu is the all-inclusive deity, known as purusha or mahä Purusha, Paramätma [Supreme Soul] Antaryämi [In-dweller] and He isthe Shèshin [Totality] in whom all souls are contained.
		Vishnu is usually depicted as a four-armed humanoid with blue skin, often sitting or resting on a lotus flower, and often holding a discus-like weapon called a chakra.He also has a shapeless, omnipresent form called Hari.
		Vishnu has a number of names, collected in the Vishnusahasranama ("Vishnu's thousand names"), which occurs in the Mahabharata.In Vishnu Sahasranama, however, Vishnu is praised as the Supreme God.
	www.world-knowledge-encyclopedia.com /?t=Vishnu (1260 words)

	Rama - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		For example, the Vishnu Purana also recounts Rama as Vishnu's seventh avatara and in the Vayu Purana, a Rama is mentioned among the seven Rishis of the 8th Manvantara.
		Vishnu's eternal companion, the Ananta Sesha is said to have incarnated as Lakshmana to stay at his Lord's side on earth.
		The Rishi condemns Vishnu to be denied for a long age, the companionship of his soul mate, just as Vishnu, by an inadvertent display of anger, had deprived the rishi of his loving wife.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Rama (7297 words)

	Vishnu - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Vishnu
		The Trimurti or Hindu triad of gods: Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
		Vishnu is the Preserver, and is believed to have assumed human appearance in nine avatars, or incarnations, in such forms as Rama and Krishna.
		Vishnu is sometimes depicted reclining on the thousand-headed serpent Ananta.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Vishnu?x (408 words)

	Avatar - Databank
		The two main avatars of Vishnu that appear in the epics are Rama, the hero of the Ramayana, and Krishna, the advisor of the Pandavas in the Mahabharata.
		She holds that Vishnu, the Preserver, corresponds to the fixed (preserving) signs of the Zodiac (Scorpio, Leo, Taurus and Aquarius), and that his 10 incarnations appear only during Astrological Ages ruled by fixed signs.
		She considers Sri Aurobindo rather than the Buddha to be the ninth Avatar of Vishnu, on the grounds that he supposedly wrote that he "came to correct the error of the Buddha".
	www.notd-aftermath.com /databank/index.php?title=Avatar (3115 words)

	Krishna - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Krishna (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Krishna was born at the stroke of midnight in His four-armed Vishnu form, dressed in silk and jewels, carrying the four weapons: the conch, disc, club and lotus.
		Narayana means "born of water." This is because water, seen as the base principle for life as we know it on earth, the nourisher of plants and animals alike, the very substance of cyclic existence, is essential to preservation.
		Vishnu, who in avatar form comes down to earth to help preserve dharma, is epitomised by the principle of water, being himself the God of Preservation.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Krishna.html (2870 words)

	Vishnu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Vishnu is usually depicted as a four-armed male-form with new-cloud-like-blue skin, standing on a lotus flower, and holding four attributes: (i) a sharp-spinning weapon called chakra, the "Sudarshan", (ii) a conch shell, the "Panchajanya", (iii) a lotus flower, and (iv) a mace.
		Note that even though Vishnu is portrayed with human features, the Puranas state that Vishnu pervades everything and is not anthropomorphic.
		Vishnu has no particular material form but can manifest in any form, and is a center of all the forces, power, will, auspiciousness, goodness, beauty, grace, responsiveness, etc. This description of the Lord was again emphasized by a Ramakrishna Mission scholar, Swami Tapasyananda, in his book, Bhakti Schools of Vedanta.
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	Vishnu
		Vishnu means, "The All-Pervading One", another name for the one Supreme Being, from the same root as Sanskrit vishva = "all".
		Vishnu is usually depicted as a four-armed male-form with new-cloud-like-blue skin, standing on a lotus flower, and holding four attributes: (i) a sharp-spinning weapon called chakra, the "Sudarshan", (ii) a conch shell, the "Panchajaya", (iii) a lotus flower, and (iv) a mace.
		Vishnu has no particular material form but can manifest in any form, and is a center of all the forces, power, will, auspiciousness, goodness, beauty, grace, responsiveness, etc. In short, whatever we can think of, and whatever we cannot think of -- all are Vishnu.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Vishnu (1637 words)

	Avatar
		According to Madhvacharya, all avatars of Vishnu are alike in potency and every other quality.
		The ten most famous incarnations of Vishnu are collectively known as the 'Dasavatara' ('dasa' in Sanskrit means ten).
		He is also counted as an avatar Vishnu by the majority of Vaishnava movements and is included as the ninth Dasavatara in some versions of the list which contain no reference to Buddha.
	www.wikipedia-mirror.co.za /wiki/Avatar (3280 words)

	Vishnu
		The verse is later quoted as expressing Vishnu's supremacy by Vaishnavites, while in the Rigveda the Sun is not a high-ranking deity, c.f.
		Vishnu takes form as an all-inclusive deity, known as Purusha or Mahāpurusha, Paramātma [Supreme Soul], Antaryāmi [In-dweller], and He is the Sheshin [Totality] in whom all souls are contained.
		Attributing anthrompormorphic characteristics to Vishnu is a common misconception held by non-Hindus.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/vi/Vishnu.htm (2929 words)

	Vishnu [Definition]
		Vishnu (Hindi: (विष्‍णु) is a form of GodGod is a term referring to the concept of a supreme being, generally believed to be ruler or creator of, and/or immanent within, the universe.
		Vishnu is usually depicted as a four-armed male-form with new-cloud-like-blue skin, standing on a lotusNelumbo nucifera is known by a number of common names, including sacred lotus, Indian lotus, sacred water lily, and water lily.
		Vishnu has a number of names, collected in the Vishnu sahasranamaThe Vishnu sahasranama (literally: thousand names of Vishnu) is a list of 1,000 names for Vishnu, one of the main forms of God in Hinduism and the only Ultimate Reality for Vaishnavites.
	www.wikimirror.com /Vishnu (14338 words)

	Encyclopedia: Hinduism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The two primary form of differences are between the two monotheistic religions of Vaishnavism which conceives God as Vishnu and Shaivism, which conceives God as Shiva.
		Vaishnavism is the branch of Hinduism in which Vishnu or one of his avatars is worshipped as the supreme God and is a monotheistic faith.
		Shaktas worship Shakti (or Devi) in all of her forms, whilst not rejecting the importance of masculine and neuter divinity.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hinduism (9960 words)

	Shiva - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In Shiva temples, Parvati, Navagraha (9 planets), Ganesh, Skanda, Saraswati, Lakshmi, Vishnu, Brahma, Ashtathig balar, Durga, Bhairava, and all the other Hindu Gods will have the place, denoting that Shiva is unique among the gods, so that only He is in a shapeless form (i.e.
		Goddess Lakshmi (wife of Vishnu) worshipped Shiva at Tirupachethi (50 km from Madurai).
		When the devas pleaded Lord Vishnu, he used his discus(Chakra) to cut the body into 12 pieces which fell to the earth.The places are now known as the Shakthipeeths and form very sacred places of worship.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Siva (5202 words)

	Hinduism
		Vishnu is the only independent reality, while souls and matter are dependent on God for their existence.
		Like Ramanuja, Madhva (1199 - 1278) identified god with Vishnu, but his view of reality was purely dualistic in that he understood a fundamental differentiation between the ultimate godhead and the individual soul, and the system is therefore called Dvaita (dualistic) Vedanta.
		Among the most popular are Vishnu (as Krishna or Rama), Shiva, Devi (the Mother as many female deities, such as Lakshmi, Saraswati, Kali and Durga), Ganesha, Skanda and Hanuman.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/h/hi/hinduism.html (4673 words)

	The avatar Resource Page
		The two main avatar the last air bender avatars of Vishnu that appear in the epics are Rama, the hero of the Ramayana, and Krishna, the advisor of the Pandavas in the Mahabharata.
		She holds that Vishnu, the Preserver, corresponds to the fixed (preserving) signs of the Zodiac (Scorpio, Leo, invader zim avatars Taurus and Aquarius), and that his 10 incarnations appear only during Astrological Ages ruled by fixed signs.
		She considers Sri Aurobindo rather than the Buddha naughty avatars to be the ninth Avatar of Vishnu, on the grounds that he supposedly wrote that he "came to correct the error of the Buddha".
	www.kerberosworld.com /Appa-to-Aven/avatar-avater.php (3709 words)

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		Vishnu is often conceived as a member of the triad including also Brahma and Shiva.
		The later Puranas fully elaborate the myths of Vishnu and his avatara (incarnations): Matsya (the fish), Kurma (the tortoise), Varaha (the boar), Narasimha (the man-lion), Vamana (the dwarf), Parashurama (Rama with the ax), Rama, Krishna, Buddha, and Kalkin (who is yet to appear).
		Vishnu (IAST vi#7779;#7751;u, Devanagari #2357;#2367;#2359;#2381;#2339;#2369;, with honorific Shri Vishnu; #347;r#299; vi#7779;#7751;u, #2358;#2381;#2352;#2368; #2357;#2367;#2359;#2381;#2339;#2369;), is a form of God, in Hinduism.
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	Avatar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The term is used primarily in Hinduism, for incarnations of Vishnu whom many Hindus worship as God.
		He is also counted as an avatar Vishnu by the majority of Vaishnava movements and is included as the ninth Dasavatara in some versions of the list which contain no reference to Buddha.
		The wife of Vishnu is "Laxmi" the goddess of Wealth.
	www.infoforyou.org /input.php?title=Special:Search/avatar (3011 words)

	Hinduism - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Vishnu is the only independent reality, while souls and matter are dependent on God Vishnu for their existence.
		Like Ramanuja, Madhva (1238 - 1317) identified God with Vishnu, but his view of reality was purely dualistic in that he understood a fundamental differentiation between the ultimate Godhead and the individual soul, and the system is therefore called Dvaita (dualistic) Vedanta.
		Some of deities worshipped are Vishnu (as Krishna or Rama), Swaminarayan, Shiva, Devi (the Mother as many female deities, such as Lakshmi, Saraswati, Kali and Durga), Ganesha, Skanda and Hanuman.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/h/i/n/Hinduism.html (6385 words)

	Shakti
		In Shaktism, Shakti is worshiped as the Supreme Being.
		Devotees believe the whole universe to be a manifestation of Shakti, who is also known by her general name Devi, from the Sanskrit root 'div' which means to shine.
		By exhorting Mahamaya to release Her illusory hold on Vishnu, Brahma is able to bring Vishnu to aid him in killing two demons, Madhu and Kaitabh, who have manifested from Vishnu's sleeping form.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/sh/Shakti.htm (415 words)

	directopedia : Directory : Games : Online : MUDs : Diku : Avatar
		The philosophy reflected in the Hindu epics is the doctrine of the avatar (incarnation of Vishnu or God as an animal or a human form).
		The two main avatars of Vishnu that appear in the epics are Rama, the hero of the Ramayana, and Krishna, the friend of the Pandavas in the Mahabharata.
		The Upanishadic concept of the underlying unity of Brahman is revered by many to be the pinnacle of Hindu thought, and the concept of the avatars has purveyed this concept to the average Hindu as an expression of the manifestation of the Hindu's highest single divinity as an aid to humanity in difficult times.
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	Encyclopedia: Ram (disambiguation) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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	VISHNU Articles Vishnu (IAST vi??u, Devanagari ????
		describes Vishnu as the All-Pervading essence of all beings, the master of and beyond the past, present and future, the creator and destroyer of all existences, one who supports, sustains and governs the Universe and originates and develops all elements within.
		In the Puranas Vishnu is described as being the colour of clouds (dark-blue), four-armed, holding a lotus, mace, conch and chakra (wheel).
		Vishnu is also described in the Bhagavad Gita as having a 'Cosmic Form' which is beyond the ordinary limits of human sense perception
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	Vishnu at AllExperts
		Vishnu takes form as an all-inclusive deity, known as Purusha or, [Supreme Soul], [In-dweller], and he is the Sheshin [Totality] in whom all souls are contained.
		Vishnu is always to be depicted holding the four attributes associated with him, being: # A conch shell or Shankhya, named "Panchajanya", held by the upper left hand, which represents creativity.
		In general, Vishnu is depicted in one of the following two forms#Standing upright on a lotus flower, often with Lakshmi, his consort, beside him on a similar pedestal;#Reclining on the coiled-up thousand-hooded Shesha Naga, with his consort Lakshmi, seated at his feet; the assemblage rests on the "Kshira Sagar" (ocean of Milk).
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	Encyclopedia: Hindu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The fourth major group, the Smarta, call the Supreme One Brahman, which manifests into personal forms of God, such as Vishnu or Siva.
		Vishnu For other uses of the name Vishnu, see Vishnu (disambiguation).
		Vaishnavism is the branch of Hinduism in which Vishnu or one of his avatars (i.
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	A Journey To The Truth
		Vaishnavism, Saivism and Shaktism, respectively believe in a monotheistic ideal of Vishnu (often as Krishna), Siva, or Devi; this view does not exclude other personal deities, as they are understood to be aspects of the chosen ideal (e.g., to many devotees of Krishna, Shiva is seen as having sprung from Krishna's creative force).
		Vishnu is the only independent reality, while souls and matter are dependent on God for their existence.
		Among the most popular are Vishnu (as Krishna or Rama), Shiva, Devi (the Mother as many female deities, such as Lakshmi, Saraswati, Kali and Durga), Ganesha, Skanda and Hanuman.
	www.ajourneytothetruth.com /Hinduism.htm (6661 words)

	Vishnu - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Vishnu (IAST Template:IAST, Devanagari а¤µа¤їа¤·аҐЌа¤ЈаҐЃ, with honorific Shri Vishnu; Template:IAST, а¤¶аҐЌа¤°аҐЂ а¤µа¤їа¤·аҐЌа¤ЈаҐЃ), is a form of God, in Hinduism.
		Image:Lord Ram.jpg Vishnu takes form as an all-inclusive deity, known as Purusha or Template:IAST, Template:IAST [Supreme Soul], Template:IAST [In-dweller], and He is the Sheshin [Totality] in whom all souls are contained.
		Image:Lightmatter vishnu1.jpg Vishnu has a number of names, collected in the Vishnu sahasranama ("Vishnu's thousand names"), which occurs in the Mahabharata.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Vishnu (3539 words)

	GardeningDaily - Vishnu
		Vishnu takes form as an all-inclusive deity, known as purusha or mahä Purusha, Paramätma [Supreme Soul] Antaryämi [In-dweller] and He is the Shèshin [Totality] in whom all souls are contained.
		Vishnu is usually depicted as a four-armed humanoid with blue skin, often sitting or resting on a lotus flower, and often holding a discus-like weapon called a chakra.
		Vishnu has no particular material form but can manifest in any form, and is a center of all force, power, will, auspiciousness, goodness, beauty, grace, responsiveness, etc. However this is disputed by many Hindus, including the Vadakalai Iyengars.
	www.gardeningdaily.com /flowers-and-plants/Vishnu (1397 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The ten avatars of Vishnu are The Fish (Matsya), The Tortoise (Kurma), The Boar (Varaha), The Man-Lion (Narasimha), The Dwarf (Vamana), Rama with the Axe (Parashurama), Rama (Ramayana), the Prince of Ayodhya, Krishna (Mahabharata), Buddha, and Kalki.
		Vaishnavism, Saivism and Shaktism, respectively believe in a monotheistic ideal of Vishnu (often as Krishna), Siva, or Devi; this view does not exclude other personal Gods, as they are understood to be aspects of the chosen ideal (e.g., to many devotees of Krishna, Shiva is seen as having sprung from Krishna's creative force).
		While some censuses hold worshippers of one form or another of Vishnu (known as ''Vaishnavites'') to be at 80% and those of Shiva (called ''Shaivaites'') and Devi Shakti at the remaining 20%, such figures are perhaps misleading.
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