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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 October 2024. Hindu religious hymn Vishnu Sahasranama Vishnusahasranama manuscript, c. 1690 Information Religion Hinduism Author Vyasa Verses 108 Part of a series on Vaishnavism Supreme deity Vishnu Rama Important deities Dashavatara Matsya Kurma Varaha Narasimha Vamana Parasurama Rama Balarama Krishna ...
Vishnu Purana, 1.14 Vishnu Purana opens as a conversation between sage Maitreya and his Guru, Parashara, with the sage asking, "What Is The Nature Of This Universe And Everything That Is In It?" First Amsa: Cosmology The first Amsha (part) of Vishnu Purana presents cosmology, dealing with the creation, maintenance and destruction of the universe. The mythology, states Rocher, is woven with the ...
Purushottama (Sanskrit: पुरुषोत्तम, from पुरुष, purusha, "person," "personal animating principle," or "soul," and उत्तम, uttama, "highest") is an epithet of the Hindu preserver deity, Vishnu. According to Vaishnavism, Vishnu is the source of moksha, the liberator of sins, the fount of knowledge, and the ...
The Narayaniyam (Sanskrit: नारायणीयम्, romanized: Nārāyaṇīyam) is a medieval-era Sanskrit text, comprising a summary study in poetic form of the Bhagavata Purana. It was composed by Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri, a celebrated Sanskrit poet of Kerala. [1] Even though the Narayaniyam is believed to be composed as early ...
The best-known version is from Book 13 of the Mahabharata. [17] Lalita sahasranama, is a Shaktism stotra. [18] This Devi-related work is found in the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa. [19] Ganesha sahasranama, is a Ganeshism stotra. One version is found in the Ganesha Purana. [20] [21] Hanuman Sahasranama, is a Hanuman stotra told by Valmiki.
v. t. e. Stotra (Sanskrit: स्तोत्र) is a Sanskrit word that means "ode, eulogy or a hymn of praise." [1][2] It is a literary genre of Indian religious texts designed to be melodically sung, in contrast to a shastra which is composed to be recited. [1] A stotra can be a prayer, a description, or a conversation, but always with a ...
Gajendra prostrated himself before the deity. Vishnu informed Gajendra that he, in one of his previous births, had been the celebrated King Indradyumna, a Pandyan King (modern-day Tamil Nadu) a devotee of Vishnu, but due to his disrespect to the great sage Agastya, he had been cursed to be reborn as an
The cosmology presented in Garuda Purana revolves around Vishnu and Lakshmi, and it is their union that created the universe. [17] Vishnu is the unchanging reality called Brahman, while Lakshmi is the changing reality called Maya. [17] The goddess is the material cause of the universe, the god acts to begin the process. [17]