The devotees of Vishnu are called Vaishnavas; the devotees of Shiva are Shaivites.
Source: tatoeba (4240157)
Vishnu
//ˈvɪʃnu//
Synonyms for "vishnu" (65 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (20)
Related words (32)
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Translations
84 translations across 71 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- Wisjnoe name (the god)
Arabic
1 entries- فِيشْنُو name (the god)
Aragonese
1 entries- Viṣṇu name (the god)
Armenian
1 entries- Վիշնու name (the god)
Assamese
2 entries- বিষ্টো name (the god)
- বিষ্ণু name (the god)
Asturian
1 entries- Visnú name (the god)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- Vişnu name (the god)
Bactrian
1 entries- Βιϸνο name (the god)
Balinese
1 entries- Wisnu name (the god)
Banjarese
1 entries- Bisnu name (the god)
Bengali
1 entries- বিষ্ণু name (the god)
Breton
1 entries- Vichnou name (the god)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Вишну name (the god)
Burmese
1 entries- ဗိဿနိုး name (the god)
Catalan
1 entries- Vixnu name (the god)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 毗濕奴 /毗湿奴 name (the god)
Czech
1 entries- Višnu name (the god)
Danish
1 entries- Vishnu name (the god)
Dutch
1 entries- Vishnoe name (the god)
Esperanto
1 entries- Viŝnuo name (the god)
Finnish
1 entries- Vishnu name (the god)
French
1 entries- Vishnou name (the god)
Galician
1 entries- Vishnu name (the god)
Georgian
1 entries- ვიშნუ name (the god)
German
2 entries- Vishnu name (the god)
- Wischnu name (the god)
Greek
1 entries- Βισνού name (the god)
Gujarati
1 entries- વિષ્ણુ name (the god)
Hebrew
1 entries- וישנו name (the god)
Hindi
1 entries- विष्णु name (the god)
Hungarian
1 entries- Visnu name (the god)
Icelandic
1 entries- Visnjú name (the god)
Indonesian
1 entries- Wisnu name (the god)
Italian
1 entries- Vishnu name (the god)
Japanese
2 entries- ビシュヌ name (the god)
- ヴィシュヌ name (the god)
Javanese
1 entries- Wisnu name (the god)
Kannada
1 entries- ವಿಷ್ಣು name (the god)
Khmer
3 entries- ពិស្ណុ name (the god)
- ព្រះនារាយណ៍ name (the god)
- ព្រះវិស្ណុ name (the god)
Korean
1 entries- 비슈누 name (the god)
Latvian
1 entries- Višnu name (the god)
Lithuanian
1 entries- Višnus name (the god)
Low German
1 entries- Wischnu name (the god)
Malay
1 entries- Vishnu name (the god)
Malayalam
1 entries- വിഷ്ണു name (the god)
Marathi
1 entries- विष्णु name (the god)
Mongolian
1 entries- Вишнү name (the god)
Newar
1 entries- विष्णु name (the god)
Norwegian
1 entries- Vishnu name (the god)
Odia
3 entries- ବିଷ୍ଣୁ name (the god)
- ଵିଷ୍ଣୁ name (the god)
- ୱିଷ୍ଣୁ name (the god)
Persian
1 entries- ویشنو name (the god)
Polish
1 entries- Wisznu name (the god)
Portuguese
1 entries- Visnu name (the god)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਵਿਸ਼੍ਣੁ name (the god)
Romanian
1 entries- Vișnu name (the god)
Russian
1 entries- Ви́шну name (the god)
Sanskrit
1 entries- विष्णु name (the god)
Scots
1 entries- Vishnu name (the god)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- Višnu name (the god)
- Вишну name (the god)
Sinhalese
1 entries- විෂ්ණු name (the god)
Slovak
1 entries- Višnu name (the god)
Slovene
1 entries- Víšnu name (the god)
Spanish
1 entries- Vishnú name (the god)
Swedish
1 entries- Vishnu name (the god)
Tagalog
1 entries- Vishnu name (the god)
Tamil
4 entries- திருமால் name (the god)
- பெருமாள் name (the god)
- மாலோன் name (the god)
- மால் name (the god)
Telugu
1 entries- విష్ణువు name (the god)
Thai
1 entries- พระวิษณุ name (the god)
Turkish
1 entries- Vişnu name (the god)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Ві́шну name (the god)
Urdu
1 entries- وشنو name (the god)
Vietnamese
1 entries- Vishnu name (the god)
Welsh
1 entries- Vishnu name (the god)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Maybe, the Japanese animistic belief in the "kami"—spirits, souls, and gods ubiquitous in nature—facilitates the incorporation of Jesus Christ. Some Hindus in India believe that Jesus Christ was one of the incarnations of Vishnu.
Source: tatoeba (10508410)
More than seven decades after the big war, Japanese still do not tend to Christianity. I think that Japan's Shintoism is like India's Hinduism. These religions just absorb foreign elements. Some Hindus believe that Jesus Christ was an incarnation of Vishnu. He may be one of the "kami" in Shintoism.
Source: tatoeba (10546709)
In A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda's own commentaries about the Bhagavad-Gītā, the Hindu sacred book, he uses the word "planets" to describe places like Vaikuṇṭha, the heavenly abode of Vishnu.
Source: tatoeba (11532387)
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