Vishvarupa

Vishvarupa ( Sanskrit विश्वरूप viśvarūpa m. "All form") or Trishiras ( त्रिसिर triśiras m. "Three head") is the three-headed son of Tvashtri in the Vedic religion . When trying to dethrone the king of the gods Indra , he was killed by him.

Vishvarupa is also an epithet of Vishnu .

See also

• Vishvarupa (mythology)

literature

• Viswarupa . In: John Dowson : A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history, and literature. Trübner & co., London 1879, p. 368 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ viśvarūpa . In: Monier Monier-Williams : Sanskrit-English Dictionary . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1899, p. 993, col. 3 .
2. ↑ tvāṣṭra . In: Monier Monier-Williams : Sanskrit-English Dictionary . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1899, p. 464, col. 1 .