Vishnu

Vishnu
Mount	Garuda
Spouse	Lakshmi Bhu Devi
Other names	Venkateswara Perumal Narayana Srinivasa Pourouchottama Hari
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Vishnu and Vishnu (in Sanskrit in Tamil , ), also called Hari, is the second god of the Trimurti (also called the "trinity Hindu ") with Brahma and Shiva. The Trimurti embodies the cycle of manifestation, preservation and dissolution of the universe that Brahma is the creator, Vishnu the protector and Shiva the destroyer.

Vishnu is usually depicted sitting or sitting on a lotus. His consort is Lakshmi , the goddess of wealth and good fortune, his mount Garuda , the eagle.

Summary The attributes of a deity or mrti 2 The avatars of Vishnu 3 Other aspects of divinity 4 References 5 Bibliography

Attributes of the Deity or mrti

• Conch (Shanks) is the symbol of creation, it comes from the primordial ocean, its internal spiral expresses the expansion, the sound it produces and the image of the primordial sound.
• The Sudarshana - - has six rays as the six petals of the lotus flower. It symbolizes the power of the mind.
• The lotus symbolizes the deployment of creation, but also the purity
• The arc (or Pianaka Ajagava), the instrument that launched probes of intuition within the illusion.
• The arrows and quiver, the power of the senses and the reserve power to act.
• Mace (Gada), the power of knowledge which derives all other physical or mental.
• The jewel of Treasury-or-l'Ocan that shines on the chest of the god, the universal consciousness of consciousness consists of all beings.

• The tuft of hair at Cher-la-fortune or located above the left breast of the god, represents everything has consciousness.
• The Garland-of-the-forest or is the image of Maya , illusion.
• The two earrings are the two paths of knowledge, and intellectual, intuitive. They have the shape of Makara , a sea monster.
• The bracelets that symbolize the three goals of life: self-perfection, success, pleasure.
• The crown, the unknowable reality.
• The yellow veil or worn around the waist is the Vedas.
• The sacred thread composed of three strands, the three letters of the syllable
• The chariot, the mind is its ability to act on the world.
• The dark color of the immanence of the substance of space.
• The flapper , a symbol of dharma
• The range represents the sacrifice, it serves to fan the flames.
• The flag
• The parasol, the symbol of God's kingship, its pole is the axis of the world, Mount Meru.
• The sword and scabbard, knowledge and not knowing which covers
• The bird Garuda
• The serpent or remnant, one on which the god sleeps when waiting creation.

Vishnu takes ten different forms to save people from death (eg in water, he chose the turtle kurma)

• Gold represents wealth and fortune, something that has never used Vishnu

The avatars of Vishnu

According to tradition, Vishnu incarnates periodically, when the world is threatened by chaos. His most famous incarnations ( avatars ) on Earth are Rama and Krishna. The Bhagavad Gita mentions ten avatars :

1. Matsya , the fish
2. Kurma , the tortoise
3. Varaha , the boar
4. Narasimha , the man-lion (Nara = man, simha lion =)
5. Vamana , the dwarf
6. Parashurama
7. Rama
8. Krishna (meaning "darkness" or "black")
9. Siddhartha Gautama Buddha (some versions believe that Balarama is the ninth avatar). The integration of Buddha in the Hindu pantheon appeared relatively late, probably in the ^eighth century as an expression of the cons-reform Brahminical to Buddhism , which began in ^the second century BC. AD.
10. Kalki ("time") is an apocalyptic figure. Is irretrievably incarnation "forthcoming".

It is difficult to precisely date the origin of the worship of Vishnu. In the Vedas , Vishnu is still a minor deity, associated with Indra, while Varuna , Mitra and Aryaman are the first major deities which succeed Vayu , Agni and Surya. It was later in Hindu history that he became a member of the Trimurti and one of the most important deities of this religion.

Vishnu is the chief god of the Vaishnava. Chaitanya is regarded as an avatar of Vishnu as the incarnation of Krishna.

Other aspects of divinity

Earth, Bhumi Devi or Bhu, is also sometimes regarded as his wife. Vishnu saved because the waters under his avatar of Varaha. His marriage bond to bind the god kingdom , Earth (Bhumi) and wealth ( Lakshmi ) is the two principles attached to the king. Indeed, one of the words for the king in Sanskrit is Bhupati, which can mean "master" or "spouse" of the Earth, the term pati being ambivalent. The miter he is wearing royal function confirms this and demonstrates that in the Hindu post-Vedic Indra although still has the title of king of the gods, Vishnu is in fact really that operates this function. This rule is confirmed by many myths in which Vishnu or one of its avatars humiliated Indra. This is particularly the case in the episode of Krishna lifting Mount Govardhana.

References

Myths and Gods of India, Alain Danielou, Champs Flammarion, 1992.

Bibliography

• Alain Danilou , Myths and Gods of India, Flammarion, 1992
• Vishnu: An Introduction by Devdutt Pattanaik, Vakili, Feffer and Simons, 1999
• Philosophy of Mythology By Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling, Millon 1994
• Narada: Preceded by a study of the Avatars of Vishnu Jean Herbert
• History of religious and philosophical doctrines of antiquity, Henri Brunel, Marc Ducloux ed, 1852
• Myths and religion of India, By Nityabodhnanda, Maisonneuve et Larose, 2001