• The Death of Vishnu (2001) is a novel by Indian-American writer Manil Suri. The book is about the spiritual journey of a dying man named Vishnu living...
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    Manil Suri (category Indian emigrants to the United States)
    mathematician and writer of a trilogy of novels all named for Hindu gods. His first novel, The Death of Vishnu (2001), which was long-listed for the 2001 Booker Prize...
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    Prahlada (redirect from King of Knives)
    for his staunch devotion to the preserver deity, Vishnu. He appears in the narrative of Narasimha, the lion avatara of Vishnu, who rescues Prahlada by killing...
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  • was not present at the time of his father's death. With Shastry's help, Mahesh joined Hegde's law firm and secretly opened Vishnu's case. Mahesh had learnt...
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    symbols. The Buddha (Sanskrit: बुद्ध, lit. ''the enlightened one'') is considered the ninth avatar among the ten major avatars of the god Vishnu, according...
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    Gajendra Moksha (category Forms of Vishnu)
    and with Vishnu's help, Gajendra achieved mokṣa, or liberation from the cycle of birth and death. Gajendra then attained a form like that of the deity (Sarupya...
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  • Vishnu Vijaya is a 1993 Indian action film directed by Keshu Ramsay. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Akshay Kumar, Ashwini Bhave, Ashutosh Rana and Pankaj...
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  • Vishnu Puran (also written Vishnupuran) is an Indian television series, by B. R. Chopra on the Hindu deity Vishnu. It is based on the Bhagavata Purana...
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  • Prabhakar's death marks end of an era of Hindi literature (AOL India News) Vishnu Prabhakar passes away (The Hindu) Renowned literateur Vishnu Prabhakar...
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    the hymn to Vishnu composed by Markandeya includes the verse, "I crave the mercy of Madhava and of Janardana, what shall Death do unto me?" In the Harivamsa...
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