vishnu Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the sustainer; a Hindu divinity worshipped as the preserver of worlds

WordNet

Vish"nu noun
Etymology
Skr. Vishu, from vish to pervade., to extend through nature.
Definitions
  1. (Hindoo Myth.) A divinity of the modern Hindoo trimurti, or trinity. He is regarded as the preserver, while Brahma is the creator, and Siva the destroyer of the creation.

Webster 1913