What is Vishnu?
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox deity <!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology--> | type = Hindu | image = Lord Hari.jpg | name = Vishnu | caption = Depiction of Vishnu bearing his attributes | affiliation = {{hlist|[[Deva]]|[[Trimurti]]|[[Brahman]]|Bhagavan|Ishvara|Dashavatara}} | deity_of = Preservation<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of World Religions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dbibAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA445|year=2008|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|isbn=978-1-59339-491-2 |pages=445–448}}</ref> {{hlist|God of Time<ref>{{cite book|author=Wendy Doniger|title=Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780877790440|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=Merriam-Webster|isbn=978-0-87779-044-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780877790440/page/1134 1134]}}</ref>|The Protector of Good {{Sfn|Soifer|1991|p=85}}|Bestower of [[Karma]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_4WZTj3M71y0C|title=Karma and Rebirth in Classical Indian Traditions|first1=Wendy|last1=Doniger|first2=Wendy Doniger|last2=O'Flaherty|date=1 January 1980|publisher=University of California Press|access-date=26 January 2019|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><br>[[Brahman|The Supreme Being]] ([[Vaishnavism]])<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KItocaxbibUC&dq=vishnu+supreme+being+vaishnavism&pg=PA112| isbn=9788175330832| title=Indian Civilization and Culture| year=1998| publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt.| access-date=20 March 2023| archive-date=26 March 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326040621/https://books.google.com/books?id=KItocaxbibUC&dq=vishnu+supreme+being+vaishnavism&pg=PA112| url-status=live}}</ref>}} | abode = {{hlist|Vaikuntha|[[Kshira Sagara]]}} | mantra = * Om Namo Narayanaya * Om Namo Bhagavate Vāsudevāya * Hari Om | weapon = * [[Sudarshana Chakra]] (discus) * [[Kaumodaki]] ([[Gada (weapon)|mace]]) * Sharanga (bow) * Nandaka (sword)<ref name=jones492>{{cite book|author1=C