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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_192867" /> == | |||
<p> Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Vishnu'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/v/vishnu.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870. </p> | <p> (n.) 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. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_81233" /> == | |||
<p> The Preserver, the second god of the Hindu triad, [[Brahma]] ( <i> q. v </i> .) being the first and [[Siva]] ( <i> q. v </i> .) the third; revealed himself by a succession of avatars, [[Râma]] ( <i> q. v </i> .) being the seventh and [[Krishna]] ( <i> q. v </i> .) the eighth; he has had nine avatars, and on the tenth he will come to judgment; he is extensively worshipped, and his worshippers, the Vaishnavas, are divided into a great number of sects. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_65005" /> == | |||
<p> Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Vishnu'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and [[Ecclesiastical]] Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/v/vishnu.html. [[Harper]] & Brothers. New York. 1870. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_192867"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/vishnu Vishnu from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_81233"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/vishnu Vishnu from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_65005"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/vishnu Vishnu from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_65005"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/vishnu Vishnu from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) 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.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
The Preserver, the second god of the Hindu triad, Brahma ( q. v .) being the first and Siva ( q. v .) the third; revealed himself by a succession of avatars, Râma ( q. v .) being the seventh and Krishna ( q. v .) the eighth; he has had nine avatars, and on the tenth he will come to judgment; he is extensively worshipped, and his worshippers, the Vaishnavas, are divided into a great number of sects.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Vishnu'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/v/vishnu.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
