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The only other mention of a wife is made in the Vishnu Puran, whose name there is stated to be Padma or Kamala (see below) According to the Brahmavaivarta Puran, Aditi performed a different ceremony to beget Vamana, called the Supunyaka Vrata (see below) The 'kaccha' from 'Bhrgukaccha' (8.18) refers to tortoises, as well as to soil [124]
Vishnu with Lakshmi (Lakshmi Narayan) on Garuda, painted in gouache c. 1820 . Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth, fortune and prosperity (both material and spiritual), is the wife and active energy of Vishnu. [133] [134] She is also called Sri.
According to some traditions, Vishnu's consort Lakshmi grew angry at him because the chest was considered as Lakshmi's place (vakshasthala) and left Vaikuntha to be born on earth. She was found on a lotus flower, and was raised by Bhrigu and his wife Khyati, which is why another name of Lakshmi is Bhargavi, daughter of Bhṛgu.
Revati – Revati is the goddess of Opulence and the wife of Balrama, who is considered as Vishnu's avatar in some traditions. [153] Vatikā – Vatikā is the wife of sage Vyasa, who is considered as a partial incarnation of Vishnu. [154] Padmavati – Padmavati is the consort of Venkateswara, an avatar of Vishnu. She is the goddess of ...
According to this tradition, the first was the ninth avatar of Vishnu, while the second was the historical Buddha. [52] [note 12] Conversely, Vishnu has also been assimilated into Sinhalese Buddhist culture, [55] and Mahayana Buddhism is sometimes called Buddha-Bhagavatism. [56] By this period, the concept of Dashavatara was fully developed. [57]
He is considered as an incarnation of the Sudarshana Chakra of god Vishnu, and was married to Shrutakirti. [1] Shatrughna is the twin of Lakshmana. He is a loyalist of Bharata, just like Lakshmana is to Rama. [2] Shatrughna appears as the 412th name of Vishnu in the Vishnu Sahasranama of the Mahabharata. [3]
'the eminently mighty one') [2] is the eldest son of the Hindu deities Krishna and his wife , Rukmini. [3] He is considered to be one of the four vyuha avatars of Vishnu. According to the Bhagavata Purana, Pradyumna was the reincarnation of Kamadeva, the god of love. The Mahabharata states that Pradyumna was a portion of Sanat Kumara. [4]
The consorts also represent a syncretism between the Shaiva and Vaishnava traditions, dedicated to Shiva and Vishnu, respectively. The son of Shiva, Kartikeya, becomes the son-in-law of Vishnu, due to the marriages. Both the consorts are identified with the soul , while their husband (pati, Lord) represents God. The marriage of Devasena conveys ...