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THE PURANIC DEITIES.
The essence of the teaching of the “Vishnu Purāna” is given in a few lines.[1] "Listen to the complete compendium of the Purāna according to its tenor. The world was produced from Vishnu ; it exists in
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VISHNU.
him ; he is the cause of its continuance and cessation; he is the world.” Immediately afterwards is a hymn addressed to him which commences as follows:—“Glory to the unchangeable, holy, eternal, supreme Vishnu, of one universal nature, the mighty over all ;
- ↑ "Vishnu Purāna," p. 607.