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Maha Vishnu (also known as Karanodakshayi Vishnu) is the principle Vishnu diety of the maha tattva(material universe). All other Vishnu incarnations expand from this Vishnu Avatar. In Gaudiya Vaishnavism, a school of Vaishnavism, the Satvata-tantra describes three different forms, or aspects, of Vishnu as Maha Vishnu, Garbhodakasayi Vishnu and Kshirodakasayi Vishnu, with each form having a different role in the maintenance of the Universe and it's inhabitants:
"For material creation, Lord Krishna's plenary expansion assumes three Vishnus. The first one, Maha-Vishnu, creates the total material energy, known as the mahat-tattva. The second, Garbhodakasayi Vishnu, enters into all the universes to create diversities in each of them. The third, Kshirodakasayi Vishnu, is diffused as the all-pervading Supersoul in all the universes and is known as Paramatma. He is present even within the atoms. Anyone who knows these three Vishnus can be liberated from material entanglement."
References
- Quoted from the Satvata-tantra translation by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
External links
- Vishnu, the form of the quality of goodness (srimadbhagavatam.com)
- Thousand names of the Supreme (Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram)
- Mahavishnu as the god in Old Testament
See also
- Radha
- Balarama
- Rama
- Vrindavan
- International Society for Krishna Consciousness
- Hare Krishna
- Bhagavad Gita
- Vishnu
- Hindu deities
- Madhvacharya
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