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There is a Hindu name Aneesh derived from the negative prefix `an' followed by `Isha' meaning possessor. The combination means `one who has no master' and is applied to both ViSNu, the protector amongs the hindu trninity, and to Shiva, the destroyer. Visnu has a much less austere aspect than Shiva (about whom see an earlier post of mine about the name Yogesh) and Shiva is more worshipped in the south of India, than in the North. Visnu has more a pastoral element of playfulness and cunning, and pure devotion, bordering on the love of a woman for her man, as a means of worship found expression more among the worshippers of Vishnu than amongst those of Shiva.