# Lord Vishnu

By [secondme.eth](https://paragraph.com/@secondme.eth) · 2022-11-18

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Vishnu is known as "The Preserver" within the [Trimurti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimurti), the [triple deity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_deity) of [supreme divinity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Para_Brahman) that includes [Brahma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma) and [Shiva](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva).[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu#cite_note-10)[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu#cite_note-Flood_1996,_p._17-11) In [Vaishnavism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaishnavism), Vishnu is the [supreme being](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Para_Brahman) who creates, protects, and transforms the [universe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_cosmology). In the [Shaktism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaktism) tradition, the Goddess, or [Adi Shakti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adi_Shakti), is described as the supreme [Para Brahman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Para_brahman), yet Vishnu is revered along with Shiva and Brahma. [Tridevi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tridevi) is stated to be the energy and creative power ([Shakti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakti)) of each, with [Lakshmi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshmi) being the equal complementary partner of Vishnu He is one of the five equivalent deities in [Panchayatana puja](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchayatana_puja) of the [Smarta tradition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarta_tradition) of Hinduism

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