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Vishnu
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  • In Hasnapur Dida told stories of Vishnu the Preserver containing our world inside his potbellied stomach.†  (source)
  • A devotee of Lord Vishnu.†  (source)
  • "We need another creator in a hurry," said Vishnu.†  (source)
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  • Carol had difficulty enlisting Dad's interest while she lectured about the teachings of Vishnu, as he watched the White Sox games on television.†  (source)
    Vishnu = a Hindu divinity worshipped as the preserver of worlds
  • When the evening came, he made friends with barber's assistant, whom he had seen working in the shade of an arch in a building, whom he found again praying in a temple of Vishnu, whom he told about stories of Vishnu and the Lakshmi.†  (source)
  • Thy fiery rays fill the whole universe with their radiance and scorch it, O Vishnu!†  (source)
  • The Ganges, though flowing from the foot of Vishnu and through Siva's hair, is not an ancient stream.†  (source)
  • In further explanation let me say that Brahm is taught, by the same sacred books, as a Triad—Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.†  (source)
  • These were fervent Brahmins, the bitterest foes of Buddhism, their deities being Vishnu, the solar god, Shiva, the divine impersonation of natural forces, and Brahma, the supreme ruler of priests and legislators.†  (source)
  • The Hindoo whale referred to, occurs in a separate department of the wall, depicting the incarnation of Vishnu in the form of leviathan, learnedly known as the Matse Avatar.†  (source)
  • The Vishnu Purana says, "The house-holder is to remain at eventide in his courtyard as long as it takes to milk a cow, or longer if he pleases, to await the arrival of a guest."†  (source)
  • u's might assailed, And Gods and heavenly sages thence To Vishnu gave preëminence.†  (source)
  • Vishnu preserve me, Allah protect me, Christ save me, I can't bear it!†  (source)
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