[viṣ vyāpane nuk Uṇ. 3. 39] 1 The second deity of the sacred Triad, entrusted with the preserva- tion of the world, which duty he is represented to have duly dis- charged by his various incarnations; (for their descriptions see the sever- al avatāras s. v. and also under avatāra); the word is thus popularly derived: yasmādviśvamidaṃ sarvaṃ tasya śaktyā mahātmanaḥ. tasmādevocyate viṣṇurvīśadhātoḥ praveśa- nāt..)....