VISHNU

VISHNU, the Preserver, the second god of the Hindu triad, BRAHMA being the first and SIVA the third; revealed himself by a
succession of avatars, RÂMA being the seventh and KRISHNA the eighth; he has had nine avatars, and on the tenth he will come to judgment; he is extensively worshipped, and his worshippers, the Vaishnavas, are divided into a great number of sects.