a
Hindu god usually represented as
having many arms. Because you'
ve got to growTyou'
ve got to be like Vishnu, before you can
play an organ, you know? Eight arms.
- Studying Data Assimilation (9 July 64) one of the three principle deities in
Hinduism, a
religion of
India that emphasizes
freedom from the material
world through
purification of desires and elimination of
personal identity. Vishnu is the preserver of the
world, while the
deity Brahma is the creator and the
deity Siva is the
destroyer. Vishnu is portrayed as
having four arms. In two hands he
holds a club and a discus (a
sharp round
disc used as a weapon), and in his other two hands he
holds a conch shell and a lotus
flower. These objects have been variously interpreted to mean
different things, for
example, the shell (which can be
blown upon to make a
sound) is the sign of battle; the
disc is symbolic of a weapon which can be used to kill
demons; the lotus of his creative
power; the club is symbolic of physical
power and punishment of the wicked. Vishnu is dressed like a
king and has a jewel-
studded crown. Vishnu is believed to have
sent his will to the
world through men who were heroes. The last of these was
Buddha, the great prophet of
Eastern Asia. Because you'
ve got to be like Vishnu, before you can
play an organ, you know?
the
second member of the
Hindu trinity, though worshipped by many
Hindus as the supreme
deity. He is usually represented as four-armed and carrying a club, a shell, a discus and a lotus; a bow and sword are slung at his side. Because you'
ve got to growTyou'
ve got to be like Vishnu, before you can
play an organ, you know?
- Studying Data Assimilation (9 July 64) the
second member of the
Hindu trinity, though worshipped by many
Hindus as the supreme
deity. He is usually represented as four-armed and carrying a club, a shell, a discus and a lotus; a bow and sword are slung at his side.