Vishńu; same with Brahmá, Íśwara, spirit; cause of creation, preservation, and destruction; parent of nature, and material of the universe, 2. 3. 4. 6. origin, end, and substance of the world, 6, n. 16. nature of, 8. four forms of, 9. 154. same with Brahmá, Vishńu, Śiva, as creator, preserver, and destroyer, 19. hymned by Earth, 29. combined in all forms with Śrí, 60. praised by the gods, 72. directs them to churn the ocean, 74. deceives the Asuras, 75. praised by Dhruva, 93. by the Prachetasas, 108. worshipped by Prahláda, 127. one of the Ádityas, 122. their chief, 153. ornaments and arms of, 158. forms of, worshipped in different Varshas, 173. remembrance of, best expiation, 210, energy of, encompasses the universe, 215. supreme Brahma, 216. his path in the sky, 228. triple energy in the sun, 236. forms in the four ages, 270. worshippers of, how known, 287. prayers of the gods to, 335. deceives the Daityas, 337. praised by the gods, 494. incarnate as Krishńa and Balaráma, 497. praised by Akrúra, 547. sleeps on the ocean, 634. asylum of spirit, 656. all that is, 661. praises of, 664.

Vishńu-loka, site of, 213, n. 3.

Vishńu Puráńa, notice of, 284. xvi. analysis of, lix. merit of hearing. 662. how communicated, 663.

Viśwá, d. of Daksha, w. of Dharma, 119.

Viśwabhávana, name of Vishńu, 2. creator of the universe, ib. n. 2.

Viśwáchí, a divine nymph, 150, n. 21.

Viśwadevas, a class of gods, sons of Viśwá, 120. their number, ib. n. 13. worshipped at Śráddhas, 321. 326.

Viśwagaśwa, a prince, 361.

Viśwagjyotish, eldest of the hundred sons of Śatajit, 165.

Viśwajit, s. of Jayadratha, 452. s. of Satyajit, 465.

Viśwakarmá, artist of the gods, 76. s. of the Vasu Prabhása, 121.

Viśwakarman, a solar ray, 236, n. 3.

Viśwakárya, a solar ray, 236, n. 3.

Viswaksena, fourteenth Manu, 268, n. 8.

Viswaksena, a prince, s. of Brahmadatta, 453.

Viswamitra, a Rishi, 264. raises Triśanku to heaven, 371. quarrels with Vaśisht́ha, 373, n. 9.

son of Gádhi, 400. his descendants, 404.

Viśwámitrá, a river, 183.

Viśwarúpa, a name of Vishńu, 20, n. 35. a Rudra, 121.

Viśwasaha, s. of Ilavila, 383. s. of Abhyutthitáśwa, 386.

Viśwasphat́ika, k. of Magadhá, 479.

Viśwasphúrtti (Viśwasphúrji), a prince, 479, n. 69.

Viśwavasa, s. of Pururavas, 398.

Viśweśá, d. of Daksha, w. of Dharma, 119, n. 12.

Vítahavya, a prince, 390.

Vitala, a division of Pátála, 204.

Vitastá, a river, 181. the Jhelum or Hydaspes, ib. n. 10.

Vitatha, a name of Bharadwája, 449.

Víthi, division of the planetary sphere, 226, n. 21.

Vítihotra, s. of Priyavrata, 162, n. 2. s. of Tálajangha, 418.

Vítihotras, a branch of the Haihaya tribe, 418, n. 20.

Vivaśwat, a Prajápati, 50, n. 2. an Aditya, 122. s. of Kaśyapa, 266, n. 1. the sun, and father of Vaivaswata Manu, 348.