![]() ![]() It is said to have contained 23,000 verses. Out of the eighteen Mahapuranas, the Vishnupurana is perhaps the earliest, dated back to 100 B.C- A.D 400. The Puranas being the most popular scriptures of Hinduism has acted as an important source of knowledge, wisdom and spiritual solace. Haloed Chaturbhuja Vishnu, Of Lifelike Proportions In Puranas Indeed in the Vedas, he is the all-pervading To spread, or in other words all-pervading. In the above legend, Vishnu is the Preserver, He is called Vishnu, and when he destroys, Saguna Brahmana (Saguna - having qualities).Īlong with the dynamic processes underlyingĮxample, when Ishvara creates the universe, Such as the one above are made intelligibleįormless reality. Male nor female, and is infinite, without Ripping out the hearts of humans and drinkingīowl could never be filled and his thirst Wickedness overran all restraining boundaries, He is the inner cause and power by which things exist. So he is the transcendent as well as the immanent reality of the universe. The word Vishnu means one who pervades, one who has entered into everything. He represents sattva guna and is the centripetal force as it were, responsible for sustenance, protection and maintenance of the created universe. ![]() Vishnu, who is known as Mahavishnu, is the second deity of the Hindu Trinity. ![]()
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