Viśvarūpa
Sign in to savethumb|Arjuna bows to the Vishvarupa of Vishnu-Krishna.
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- Literary descriptions
- ''Bhagavad Gita''
- ''Mahabharata''
- Other texts
- Development
- Iconography
- Early depictions
- Scriptural iconographic descriptions
- Depictions in Nepal
- Modern depictions
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
thumb|Arjuna bows to the Vishvarupa of Vishnu-Krishna.
Vishvarupa (), also spelt as Vishwaroopa and known as Virāḍrūpa, is an iconographical form and theophany of a Hindu deity Vishnu in contemporary Hinduism. Though there are multiple Vishvarupa theophanies, the most celebrated is in the Bhagavad Gita, given by Krishna in the epic Mahabharata, which was shown to Pandava prince Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra in the war between the Pandavas and Kauravas. Vishvarupa is considered the supreme form of Vishnu, where the whole universe is described as contained within him.