Learning HIndu - Vishnu

The aim of life is an inquiry into the Truth, and not the desire for enjoyment in heaven by performing religious rites,
Those who possess the knowledge of the Truth, call the knowledge of non-duality as the Truth,
It is called Brahman, the Highest Self, and Bhagavan.

—Sūta, Bhagavata Purana 1.2.10-11, translated by Daniel Sheridan[114]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu

https://mythology.net/hindu/hindu-gods/vishnu/

So apparently, Vishnu is the deity/part of one God that the Hindus worship that represents the physical incarnations of God. Together along with Brahma the creator and Shiva the Destroyer they make up a sort of Hindu trinity of gods equaling God. He had supposedly come to earth as Krishna as well as Buddha among others. So from what I've read, thi sis like saying Krishna and Buddha were physical incarnations of like a supreme God.

Anyone who studies Hindu have any thoughts on the matter? Do I have it right?

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Penny · 46-50, F

on a second note - Lakshmi is Vishnu's divine consort or in other words like his feminine half. Parvati and Sarasvati included in the female trinity to go along with Vishnu's.

"an auspicious fortune is attached to their words"

—Rig Veda, x.71.2 —translated by John Muir[64]

Lakshmi features prominently in Puranas of Hinduism. Vishnu Purana, in particular, dedicates many sections to her and also refers to her as Sri.[75] J. A. B. van Buitenen translates passages describing Lakshmi in Vishnu Purana:[75]

Sri, loyal to Vishnu, is the mother of the world. Vishnu is the meaning, Sri is the speech. She is the conduct, he the behavior. Vishnu is knowledge, she the insight. He is dharma, she the virtuous action. She is the earth, the earth's upholder. She is contentment, he the satisfaction. She wishes, he is the desire. Sri is the sky, Vishnu the Self of everything. He is the Sun, she the light of the Sun. He is the ocean, she is the shore.