Vishnuism
(ˈvɪʃnuːɪz(ə)m)
[f. prec. + -ism.]
The worship of Vishnu.
| 1871 Alabaster Wheel of Law 250 Veneration of holy foot-prints is not a peculiarly Buddhist idea, but is also found in other religions, and particularly in Vishnuism. 1875 Sir W. W. Hunter in P. E. Roberts Life xiii. (1901) 238 Brahma-worship..is a strange mixture of Vishnuism, Sivaism, and something much older. 1882 Athenæum 17 June 759/1 Prof. Weber's theory that Christianity shaped to a certain extent Vishnuism. |