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Show Vishnu In Hindu mythology Vishnu Is the second god of the "trlinurti," or trinity, in which he figures as the preserver of the universe. His friendship for roan wnsK manifested In his avatars, or Incarnations, which according to gome authorities number ten, nnd according ac-cording to others twenty-two. Of these avatars the two prlncipiil ones were the seventh, as Itttma, the hero of the Hamnyana, anil the eighth, as Krishna, the hero of the Muhahhurata. Vishnu is generally represented as a dark-blue man, having four arms, nnd Is worshiped chiefly by the middle classes. He originally figured as a sun-god sun-god In the oldest Vedas, but gradually Increased in Importance until in the later l'urunu he heroine the supreme delly, Kansas City Star. |