[[Image:Madhu-Kaitabh.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Vishnu killing Madhu-Kaitabha - a folio from Devi Mahatmya]]
Both Madhu and Kaitabha originated from one of the ears of God Vishnu. While he was in the deep sleep of Yoganidra, a lotus has sprouted out from
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...managed to reach Lord Vishnu to seek a solution to this predicament. Lord Vishnu on hearing Shiva's problem, agreed to help him out.
...ing. The feat went for days at an end. As Bhasmasura matched the disguised Vishnu's move for move, he began to let his guard down. While still dancing, Mohin
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...Fish''' is a legendary creature in Hinduism as large as a whale which ate Vishnu's incarnation Buddha who removed suffering from the world. It was caught by
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...du god Vishnu, or of Krishna, who is considered an avatar (incarnation) of Vishnu. It is considered a variant of the virat-rupa (Omnipresent or vast) form of
...shoot it. Finally, Arjuna realizes that Navagunjara is a manifestation of Vishnu and drops his weapons, bowing before Navagunjara.
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...anyone, promptly granted the wish, even ignoring the warnings of his guru. Vishnu in the guise of Vamana then increased his stature and with the first step c
.... However, impressed by Bali's unselfish devotion and unwavering "dharma", Vishnu granted him the permission to visit his subjects once every year. Onam is t
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...itions were met, was later slain by Lord Narasimha, another Avatar of Lord Vishnu.
...m the Lord Brahma, while he was asleep and performed huge atrocities. Lord Vishnu assumed the form of a white boar [[Varaha]] and dove into the ocean to lift
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...''Naraka''' is the asura son of the earth goddess Bhudevi (Bhumi) and Lord Vishnu in his [[Varaha]] (boar) avatar (incarnation) in Hindu mythology. Other sou
...that her son should have a long life, and that he should be all powerful. Vishnu readily granted these boons.
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...of Jalandhara, who is killed. To comfort Vrinda in her grief and despair, Vishnu promises her that a beautiful plant will grow from her grave, and that its
...sing Parvati to corrupt Jalandhara, who is a virtuous demon. Vrinda curses Vishnu for his part in her husband's death; the curse is broken when Parvati plant
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...red] is an Asura who become the master of all words before he was slain by Vishnu in his [[Narasimha]] (man-lion) avatara.
...e final part deals with his efforts to kill his son Prahlada (a devotee of Vishnu) and his subsequent death at the hands of [[Narasimha]]. His tale depicts t
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...personalities. The only eternal being is Shiva (according to Saivism), or Vishnu (according to Vaishnavism).
*[[Parashurama]], an avatar of [[Vishnu]].
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...esents the friendly aspect of snakes, as they save food from rodents. Lord Vishnu is always on continuous meditation (Yoganidra) with Anantha forming a bed f
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...able to kill them. But here was an asura who asking for the boon that even Vishnu would not be able to kill him. This would make him virtually immortal.
...eturned and again a fight raged with Nandi for five hundred years. Brahma, Vishnu, Indra and the other gods also came to help in the fight with the demons.
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...ing Vritra. Tvashtri fashioned the thunderbolt (Vajrayudha) for Indra, and Vishnu, when asked to do so by Indra, made space for the battle by taking the thre
...ver ,in some places, Hindu scriptures also recognize Vritra as a bhakta of Vishnu who was slain only due to his failure to live piously and without aggressio
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...the gods, who went for help to the supreme trinity ('''[[Brahma]]''', '''[[Vishnu]]''', and '''[[Shiva]]'''), but Mahishashur defeated all of the gods includ
.... Each god also gave her their own most powerful weapons, Shiva's trident, Vishnu's discus, Indra's thunderbolt, etc.
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...egend appears to indicate an invasion from the Himalayas. According to the Vishnu Purana and Harivansa, Kalayavana was the son of a Brahman named Ganga, and
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In the ''Vishnu Purana'' it is mentioned that the demon Sambara kidnapped Pradyumna when he
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Garuda is believed to be a vahana (conveyance) of Vishnu, one of the Trimurti. In images of the mayura as a mythical bird, it is dep
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...(a Tamil name for Vishnu), incarnates in such avatars as Rama and Krishna Vishnu, to thwart and destroy the evil of Kroni's manifestations. Eventually, the
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...Prahlad. Prahlad refused to see his father as a god and stayed devoted to Vishnu.
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...by the Gods. In their battle with Kalki, the 10th and final avatar of Lord Vishnu, the brothers display their mastery over the dark arts by raising themselve
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