{"id":53718,"date":"2023-07-24T00:55:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T04:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=53718"},"modified":"2023-07-23T22:38:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T02:38:35","slug":"vishnu-meaning-of-the-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/vishnu-meaning-of-the-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Vishnu, meaning of the name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hindu god Vishnu (Sanskrit) is the protector and preserver of the universe, usually depicted as four-armed and blue-skinned. By some Hindus he is regarded as the supreme god.<\/p>\n<p>There are many meanings of his other names, primarily he is referred to as the<br \/>\n\u2022 One who bestows safety (Abhayaprada)<br \/>\n\u2022 Protector of the Earth (Poovaragahava)<br \/>\n\u2022 One who destroys fear (Abhima)<br \/>\n\u2022 Imperishable (Achuta, not to be confused with Achooth (untouchable))<br \/>\n\u2022 The one who don&#8217;t need any support but supports everyone (Adhrit)<br \/>\n\u2022 Uncontrolled, Unrestrained (Adhrta)<br \/>\n\u2022 Lord of the Universe (Bhuvanesh)<br \/>\n\u2022 The Supreme Soul (Purushottam)<br \/>\n\u2022 Refuge of Man (Narayan)<br \/>\n\u2022 Knowledgeable Person, Celebrated, Famous, One whose Fame is Heard All over, Lord Vishnu, Renowned (Vishrut)<br \/>\n\u2022 Vishvak &#8211; Commander of Lord Vishnu, A sage, All pervading<br \/>\n\u2022 Yajurva &#8211; One of the Four Vedas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hindu god Vishnu (Sanskrit) is the protector and preserver of the universe, usually depicted as four-armed and blue-skinned. By some Hindus he is regarded as the supreme god. There are many meanings of his other &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/vishnu-meaning-of-the-name\/\" aria-label=\"Vishnu, meaning of the name\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[140,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-area2","category-english"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 16:40:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}