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Viṣṇu

Also known as: Viṣṇu; primary name: Viṣṇu; other name: Anantasayana; other name: Anantasayin; other name: Buddha; other name: Dasavatara; other name: Ekapadashiva; other name: Ekapadaśiva; other name: Halayudha; other name: Hayagriva; other name: Janardana; other name: Krishna; other name: Krsna; other name: Kurma; other name: Kūrma; other name: Kṛṣṇa; other name: Matsya; other name: Narasimha; other name: Narasiṁha; other name: Narayana; other name: Panduranga; other name: Paraśurāma; other name: Prithu; other name: Rāma; other name: Sri Lakshmi Narayan; other name: Sri Lakṣmī Narayan; other name: Sri Ranganathaswamy; other name: Trivikrama; other name: Vamana; other name: Varadaraja; other name: Varaha; other name: Varāha; other name: Venkateshvara; other name: Venkateshwara; other name: Venkateśvara; other name: Vishnu; other name: Visnu; other name: Vithoba; other name: Vāmana; other name: Yoga Nārāyaṇa
Details: individual; deity; Hindu; Male
Biography: Originally a minor Vedic deity and described as having traversed the universe in three strides (Trivikrama), he later became an aspect of the Hindu trinity with Siva and Brahma: Viṣṇu (the Preserver), Śiva (the Destroyer) and Brahma (the Creator). He is the god of multitudinous forms (the avataras) and, as such, assumes different forms descending to earth at opportune moments to redress the balance between good and evil. Thus is he known as the Preserver. The usual listing of the ten avataras referred to as Daśāvatāra are the ten reincarnations of Visnu: Matsya, Kūrma, Varāha, Narasiṁha, Vāmana, Balarāma, Rāma, Kṛṣṇa, Buddha and Kalki (Paraśurama sometimes replaces the Buddha). Viṣṇu's attributes are the discus (representing speed and thought); the conch (a symbol of the five existential elements); the lotus (representing the power of illusion) and a mace (symbolising power and knowledge).

552 related objects

album; painting

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.14.31 |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Painted in:Maharashtra

album; painting

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.14.24 |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Painted in:Maharashtra

album; painting

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.14.38 |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Painted in:Maharashtra

album; painting

Title: Persian Portraits, Etc. |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.2.58 |
Production date: 17thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Deccan

album; painting

Title: Persian Portraits, Etc. |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.2.65 |
Production date: 17thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Deccan

album; painting

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.14.34 |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Painted in:Maharashtra

album; painting

Museum number: 1993,0806,0.5 |
Production date: 1850 |
Production place: Painted in:Tamil Nadu

album; miniature; painting

Title: The month of Ashadha. June/July. |
Museum number: 1999,1202,0.1.10 |
Production date: 1700-1725 |
Production place: Made in:Amber

album; drawing

Title: Figure of Seeva [Vishnu in fact]...at Badamy 28 Novr. 1828. |
Museum number: 1997,1109,0.137 |
Producer name: BIOG9355 Drawn by:George Russell Dartnell |
Production date: 1828 |
Production place: Made in:IndiaMade in:Badami

album

Title: Tracings of the Hindu Gods |
Museum number: 1883,0811,0.154 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1962,1231,0.13.10 |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Painted in:Thanjavur |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1962,1231,0.13.16 |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Painted in:Thanjavur |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1962,1231,0.13.9 |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Painted in:Thanjavur |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1962,1231,0.13.43 |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Painted in:Thanjavur |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1962,1231,0.13.13 |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Painted in:Thanjavur |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Title: Persian Portraits, Etc. |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.2.67 |
Production date: 17thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Deccan

album; painting

Museum number: 1962,1231,0.13.12 |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Painted in:Thanjavur |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1962,1231,0.13.25 |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Painted in:Thanjavur |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1962,1231,0.13.45 |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Painted in:Thanjavur |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1962,1231,0.13.1 |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Painted in:Thanjavur |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album

Museum number: 1883,0811,0.168 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album

Museum number: 1883,0811,0.170 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1962,1231,0.13.51 |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Painted in:Thanjavur |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album

Museum number: 1883,0811,0.166 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1993,0806,0.10 |
Production date: 1850 |
Production place: Painted in:Tamil Nadu

album; painting

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.14.30 |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Painted in:Maharashtra

album; painting

Title: Persian Portraits, Etc. |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.2.60 |
Production date: 17thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Deccan

album; painting

Title: Persian Portraits, Etc. |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.2.63 |
Production date: 17thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Deccan

album; painting

Title: Persian Portraits, Etc. |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.2.64 |
Production date: 17thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Deccan

album; painting

Museum number: 1962,1231,0.13.65 |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Painted in:Thanjavur |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; miniature; painting

Title: The month of Asoj or Asvina. September/October. |
Museum number: 1999,1202,0.1.7 |
Production date: 1700-1725 |
Production place: Made in:Amber

album; painting

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.14.18 |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Painted in:Maharashtra

album; painting

Museum number: 1993,0806,0.9 |
Production date: 1850 |
Production place: Painted in:Tamil Nadu

album; painting

Museum number: 1993,0806,0.3 |
Production date: 1850 |
Production place: Painted in:Tamil Nadu

album; painting

Museum number: 1993,0806,0.6 |
Production date: 1850 |
Production place: Painted in:Tamil Nadu

album; painting

Museum number: 1993,0806,0.8 |
Production date: 1850 |
Production place: Painted in:Tamil Nadu

album; painting

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.14.28 |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Painted in:Maharashtra

album; painting

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.14.9 |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Painted in:Maharashtra

album; painting

Museum number: 1993,0806,0.7 |
Production date: 1850 |
Production place: Painted in:Tamil Nadu

album; drawing

Title: One of the Figures on the small Pagoda at Taurputree in the Ceded Districts -- April 1827 |
Museum number: 1997,1109,0.140 |
Producer name: BIOG9355 Drawn by:George Russell Dartnell |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Made in:Tirupati

album; painting

Title: Persian Portraits, Etc. |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.2.62 |
Production date: 17thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Deccan

album; painting

Title: the Churning of the Ocean of Milk. |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.14.13 |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Painted in:Maharashtra

album; painting

Museum number: 1962,1231,0.13.18 |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Painted in:Thanjavur |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1962,1231,0.13.56 |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Painted in:Thanjavur |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album

Museum number: 1883,0811,0.171 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1962,1231,0.13.53 |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Painted in:Thanjavur |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1962,1231,0.13.47 |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Painted in:Thanjavur |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1962,1231,0.13.48 |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Painted in:Thanjavur |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1962,1231,0.13.14 |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Painted in:Thanjavur |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album

Museum number: 1883,0811,0.160 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album

Museum number: 1883,0811,0.163 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1962,1231,0.13.68 |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Painted in:Thanjavur |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.14.25 |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Painted in:Maharashtra |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1962,1231,0.13.7 |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Painted in:Thanjavur |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.14.32 |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Painted in:Maharashtra

album; painting

Title: Persian Portraits, Etc. |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.2.61 |
Production date: 17thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Deccan

album; painting

Museum number: 1962,1231,0.13.39 |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Painted in:Thanjavur |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Museum number: 1962,1231,0.13.54 |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Painted in:Thanjavur |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; painting

Title: Persian Portraits, Etc. |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.2.66 |
Production date: 17thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Deccan

album; painting

Museum number: 1962,1231,0.13.31 |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Painted in:Thanjavur |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

architecture; sculpture

Museum number: 1880.347 |
Production date: 9thC(late) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

banknote

Museum number: 2007,4134.7 |
Authority: BIOG163574 Issuer:Central Bank of Nepal |
Production date: 1985-1987 |
Production place: Issued in:Nepal

banknote

Museum number: 2007,4134.8 |
Authority: BIOG163574 Issuer:Central Bank of Nepal |
Production date: 1985-1987 |
Production place: Issued in:Nepal

banknote

Museum number: 2007,4188.1 |
Authority: BIOG163574 Issuer:Central Bank of Nepal |
Production date: 2002 |
Production place: Issued in:Nepal

block

Museum number: 1880.144 |
Production date: 675 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Apshad

block

Museum number: 1872,0701.50 |
Production date: 9thC-10thC |
Production place: Made in:India (pre-1947) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

book

Museum number: 2005,0620,0.65 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Printed in:India

book

Museum number: 2005,0620,0.63 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Printed in:India

book

Museum number: 2005,0620,0.64 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Printed in:India

book-cover

Museum number: 1955,1008.5 |
Production date: 1743 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

book-cover

Museum number: 1955,1008.3 |
Production date: 1499 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

book-cover

Museum number: 1965,0614.2 |
Production date: 13thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Nepal

bowl

Museum number: 2000,0401.1 |
Production date: 1911 |
Production place: Made in:MumbaiMade in:Pune |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London (England)

calendar

Museum number: 1991,0412,0.8 |
Producer name: BIOG10903 Made by:Indian Dyestuff Industries Ltd |
Production date: 1990 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Mumbai

cambu; vessel

Museum number: 1989,0815.1 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Attributed at:Varanasi (town) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Varanasi (town)

cambu

Museum number: 1878,1230.764 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Thanjavur |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

capital

Museum number: 1889,0314.1 |
Cultures/periods: x114171 Indo-Scythian |
Production date: 1stC |
Production place: Made in:India |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Mathura

coin

Museum number: 1991,0416.4

coin

Museum number: MAR.1076.c |
Authority: Issuer:East India CompanyIssuer:Madras Presidency |
Production date: 1691-1740 |
Production place: Minted in:Chennai

coin

Museum number: 1839,0310.9 |
Authority: Issuer:East India CompanyIssuer:Madras Presidency |
Production date: 1740-1807 |
Production place: Minted in:Chennai

coin

Museum number: MAR.1073.b |
Production date: 17thC |
Production place: Minted in:India (pre-1947)

coin

Museum number: MAR.1076.b |
Authority: Issuer:East India CompanyIssuer:Madras Presidency |
Production date: 1691-1740 |
Production place: Minted in:Chennai

comic book

Museum number: 1991,1022,0.105 |
Production date: 20thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Thailand

door-jamb

Museum number: 1965,1017.2 |
Production date: 10thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Rajasthan

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0311,0.7.12 |
Production date: 1807-1815 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Java

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0311,0.8.25 |
Producer name: BIOG8245 Made by:Capt G P Baker |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Made in:Dieng Plateau |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Java

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0311,0.7.104 |
Producer name: BIOG15447 Made by:J Wetherall |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Original from:Candi SukuhMade in:Java |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Java

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0311,0.7.45 |
Production date: 1811-1816 |
Production place: Original from:Candi SariMade in:Java |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Java

drawing

Museum number: 1990,1029,0.2 |
Production date: 1820-1830 |
Production place: Made in:Tiruchirapalli |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:TiruchirapalliFound/Acquired:Thanjavur

drawing; album

Museum number: 1962,1231,0.12.8 |
Production date: 1826 |
Production place: Painted in:ThanjavurPainted in:Tiruchirapalli |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

drawing

Museum number: 2005,0112,0.5 |
Production date: 1820-1830 |
Production place: Made in:Tiruchirapalli

drawing

Museum number: 2000,1012,0.6 |
Producer name: BIOG63743 Drawn by:Indira Devi |
Production date: 1965-1972 |
Production place: Made in:Madhubani

drawing

Museum number: 2005,0112,0.2 |
Production date: 1820-1830 |
Production place: Made in:Tiruchirapalli

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0311,0.8.7 |
Producer name: BIOG8245 Made by:Capt G P Baker |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Made in:Dieng Plateau |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Java

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0311,0.7.15 |
Producer name: BIOG16594 Made by:François van Boeckholtz |
Production date: 1815 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Java

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0311,0.8.24 |
Producer name: BIOG8245 Made by:Capt G P Baker |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Made in:Dieng Plateau |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Java

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0311,0.7.16 |
Production date: 1807-1815 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Java

drawing

Museum number: 1940,0713,0.243 |
Production date: 1801-1805 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

drawing

Museum number: 1925,1016,0.14 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Painted in:Punjab Hills |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

drawing

Museum number: 1990,1029,0.1 |
Production date: 1820-1830 |
Production place: Made in:Tiruchirapalli |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:TiruchirapalliFound/Acquired:Thanjavur

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