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VISHNUISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Worship of Vishnu one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon
Synonyms:
Vaishnavism; Vaisnavism; Vishnuism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Vishnuism" is a kind of...):
Hindooism; Hinduism (a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils)