See also:

• VISHNU (Sanskrit, " the worker," from root vish, "to work ")

VISHNU (See also:

• SANSKRIT

Sanskrit, " the worker," from See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root vish, "to See also:

• WORK

work ")  , a See also:

• SOLAR, SOLLER (Lat. solarium, Fr.• galetas, Ital. solaio)

solar deity, in later See also:

• HINDU

Hindu See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology a See also:

• GOD

god of the first importance, one of the supreme trinity with Brahma and See also:

• SIVA

Siva, but in the Rig Veda only a See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor deity . In the Vedic scriptures his only anthropomorphic characteristics are the frequently mentioned strides that he takes, and his being a youth vast in See also:

• BODY

body . His essential feature is the three strides (vi-kram) with which he traverses the universe . Two of these steps are visible to men, but the third or highest is beyond mortal sight . These steps are symbolic of the rising, culminating and setting of the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun, or alternatively the course of the solar deity through the three divisions of the universe . To-See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day See also:

• VISHNU (Sanskrit, " the worker," from root vish, "to work ")

Vishnu is adored by the Vishnavite sects as the equal or even the See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior of Brahma, and is styled the Preserver . He is represented with four arms, and See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black in See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour; in one See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand he holds a See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

club and in the others a See also:

• SHELL
• SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)

shell, a See also:

• DISCUS (Gr. &oEor, disk)

discus and a See also:

• LOTUS

lotus respectively . He rides on the Garuda, See also:

• HALF

half See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man and half See also:

• BIRD

bird, having the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head, wings, See also:

• BEAK (early forms beke and becke, from Fr. bec, late Lat. beccus, supposed to be a Gaulish word; the Celtic bec and beq, however, are taken from the English)

beak and talons of an See also:

• EAGLE (Fr. aigle, from the Lat. aquila)

eagle, and human body and limbs, its See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face being See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white, its wings red and its body See also:

• GOLDEN

golden . In his See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character as preserver of men Vishnu has from See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to time become incarnate to rid the See also:

• WORLD

world of some See also:

• GREAT

great evil (see also See also:

• BRAHMANISM

BRAHMANISM and See also:

• HINDUISM

HINDUISM), See A . A . See also:

• MACDONELL, JAMES (1841-1879)

Macdonell, Vedic Mythology (See also:

• STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg, 1897) ; See also:

• SIR

Sir W . See also:

• MUIR, JOHN (1810-1882)
• MUIR, SIR WILLIAM (1819-1905)

Muir, See also:

• ORIGINAL

Original See also:

• SANSKRIT

Sanskrit Texts, iv .

63-298; Sir M . Monier-See also:

• WILLIAMS
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1582-1650)
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1796-1839)
• WILLIAMS, ROGER (c. 1604–1684)
• WILLIAMS, ROWLAND (1817-1870)
• WILLIAMS, SIR WILLIAM FENWICK

Williams, Brahmanism and Hinduism, iii. v. vi .