Viṣṇu，又作違紐天，毘紐，韋糅，毘瑟紐，毘瑟笯，毘瑟怒，毘搜紐，毘瘦紐。譯曰徧淨等。大自在天之別名，生於劫初大水中，有一千頭二千手，從其臍中生大蓮華，蓮華上化生梵天王云。智度論二曰：「如韋紐天，秦言徧聞。四臂，捉貝持輪，騎金翅鳥。」同八曰：「劫盡燒時，一切皆空。眾生福德因緣力故，十方風來，相對相觸能持大水。水上有一千頭人二千手足，名為韋紐。是韋紐人臍中出千葉金色妙寶蓮華，其光大明如萬日俱照。華中有人結跏趺坐，此人復有無量光明，名曰梵天王。此梵天王心生八子，八子生天地人民，是梵天王於諸婬瞋已盡無餘。」廣百論一曰：「違紐天，秦云徧勝天。」三論檢幽鈔一曰：「韋紐者，此翻為徧淨。」大日經疏十七曰：「韋紐天者，自在天別名。」大日經疏五曰：「微瑟紐，舊譯謂之毘紐，此即那羅延天也。」
韋糅; 違紐; 毘紐; 毘瑟紐; 韋搜紐; 韋廋紐; 毘瑟怒 (or 毘瑟笯) Viṣṇu, all-pervading, encompassing; 'the preserver' in the trimūrti, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, creator, preserver, destroyer; the Vaiṣṇavas (Vishnuites) are devoted to him as the Śaivas are to Śiva. His wife is Lakṣmī, or Śrī. The Chinese describe him as born out of water at the beginning of a world-kalpawith 1,000 heads and 2,000 hands; from his navel springs a lotus, from which is evolved Brahmā.
一韋紐天 印度外道之說。四天王之一，十二天之一。住於須彌山之北面，守護閻浮提之北方；主司財寶富貴，又為護持佛法之善神。（參閱「鞞沙門天」8181、「三天四仙」729、「多聞天」2931）p5029
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