Who is greater Krishna or Vishnu?

The Vishnu purana establishes Lord Vishnu as the greatest. The Shrimad Bhagvad Purana establishes Lord Krishna as the greatest.
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Is Vishnu greater than Krishna?

Vishnu and krishna are not different. They are one and the same supreme personality of godhead. There is no difference at all.
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Who is first Vishnu or Krishna?

vishnu is first. krishna is an incarnation of lord vishnu. vishnu gives his power to his incarnations so vishnu is all powerfull. incarnations do their work on the behalf of vishnu.
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Who is superior to Vishnu?

Shiva is the supreme God and performs all actions, of which destruction is only but one. Ergo, the Trimurti is a form of Shiva Himself for Shaivas. Shaivites believe that Lord Shiva is the Supreme, who assumes various critical roles and assumes appropriate names and forms, and also stands transcending all these.
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Is Krishna stronger than Shiva?

Lord Krishna (Lord Vishnu) and Lord Shiva are equally supreme. It's just that the name is given to Lord Shiva.
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Did Krishna create Vishnu?

The Brahma Vaivarta Purana tells us Krishna is the ultimate source from which Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and Prakriti originate. He is Svayam Bhagavan while other incarnation are his partial manifestations.
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Who is the biggest God?

Vishnu. Vaishnavism is the sect within Hinduism that worships Vishnu. He is considered as the Para Brahman , the Preserver god of the Trimurti (the Hindu Trinity), and his many incarnations. Vaishnavites regard him to be eternal and the strongest and supreme God.
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Can Vishnu defeat Shiva?

Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu are equally powerful, if they will fight then the universe created by Lord Brahma will be finished/Destroyed completely.
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Which God is more powerful?

lord Krishna is above them and most powerful. most of the people does not know that lord Krishna is supreme. and lord Vishnu has originated from him not that lord Krishna has originated from Vishnu. I do say that God is the supreme power in which one believe, irrespective of the religion.
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Who is complete God?

Krishna, the complete God.
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Who is stronger Krishna or Rama?

Both had equal powers and chivalry because they both were incarnation of sheshnaga in his human form and both possessed nearly same qualities of heart and body- be it extreme anger, show of power , extreme love for ram and krishna in respective cases and so on.
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Who is more powerful Shiva or Vishnu?

Sada Shiv is supreme god. Originally Answered: Who is superior: Lord Shiva or Lord Vishnu? Vishnu is one of the three main gods in Hinduism. Vaishnavas believe that Vishnu is the highest God.
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Who is ultimate God?

For Vaishnavites, Lord Maha Vishnu is God Of Supreme, For Shaktas, Goddess Shakti is supreme, For Shaivites, God Shiva is Supreme. For Smartas—who see all Deities as reflections of the One God—the choice of Deity is left to the devotee.
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Is Krishna is supreme God?

According to the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna is the Supreme Personality and possesses all treasures, all power, all eminence, all splendors, all comprehension and all renunciation.
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Is Krishna above all gods?

God is one, but there are many other powerful living entities in charge of various departments of administration. They are called demigods or deity-ganas. All deities are official servants who carry out the orders of the Supreme Lord, Shri Krishna. We should give due respect to all the gods.
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Who defeated Vishnu?

He was defeated by Shiva's Ansha Veerbhadra. He was defeated by Jalandhara. He (as Narasimha) was defeated by Shiva (as Sharabha).
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Is Krishna the most powerful god?

The great exponent of the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna is one of the most powerful incarnations of Vishnu, the Godhead of the Hindu Trinity of deities. Of all the Vishnu avatars he is the most popular, and perhaps of all Hindu gods the one closest to the heart of the masses.
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Who is older Shiva or Vishnu?

Originally Answered: Who is older, Shiv or Vishnu? This question is wrong because shiva is infinite. Vishnu is created by shiva. Shiv has no shape he is beyond the cycle of birth & death but vishnu take birth aswell as death so no a question of compare.
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Who is the weakest god?

29 Supernatural Gods And Goddesses Ranked From Weakest To Strongest
  • 17 Vesta.
  • 16 Vili.
  • 15 Baldur.
  • 14 Baron Samedi.
  • 13 Odin.
  • 12 Ganesh.
  • 11 Plutus.
  • 10 Mercury.
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Is Vishnu the greatest god?

Vishnu's worshippers, usually called Vaishnava, consider him the greatest god. They regard the other gods as lesser or demi gods. Vaishnava worship only Vishnu. Vishnu monotheism is called Vaishnavism.
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Is Krishna a Narayan?

Krishna is an incarnation of Vishnu, who is also called Narayan, when reclined in the ocean of milk, kshira-sagar.
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What language did Krishna speak?

Sanskrit was the language spoken by him.
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Are Vishnu and Narayan same?

Narayana (Sanskrit: नारायण, IAST: Nārāyaṇa) is one of the forms and names of Lord Vishnu, who is in yogic slumber under the celestial waters, referring to the masculine principle. He is also known as Purushottama and is considered the Supreme being in Vaishnavism.
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