Viśvanātha

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Viśvanātha (Skt., ‘lord of the universe’). In Hinduism:1. Manifestation of Śiva at Kāśī, where a temple bears his name.2. Author of Rāghava-Vilāsa, a life of Rāma, and Sāhita-darpana, a treatise on poetry.

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