en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VishnuPrivate View Nomenclature Vishnu (or Viṣṇu, Sanskrit: व ष ण ) means 'all pervasive' [19] and, according to Medhātith (c. 1000 CE), 'one who is everything and inside everything'. [20] Vedanga scholar Yaska (4th century BCE) in the Nirukta defines Vishnu as viṣṇur viṣvater vā vyaśnoter vā ('one who enters everywhere'); also adding atha yad viṣito bhavati tad viṣnurbhavati ('that which ...