Vishnu Sahasranama

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Vishnu Sahasranama
Vishnu sahasranama manuscript, c1690.jpg
Vishnusahasranama manuscript, c. 1690
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ReligionHinduism
AuthorVyasa
Verses108

Vishnu Sahasranama[1] (Sanskrit: विष्णुसहस्रनाम, IAST: IAST (IAST: IAST)

),[lower-alpha 1] is a Sanskrit hymn which contains a list of 1,000 names of Vishnu, one of the main deities in Hinduism and the supreme God in Vaishnavism. It is one of the most sacred and popular stotras in Hinduism. The Vishnu Sahasranama as found in the Anushasana Parva[2] of the epic Mahabharata.

It is the most popular version of the 1,000 names of Vishnu. Other versions exist in the Padma Purana, Skanda Purana and Garuda Purana. There is also a Sikh Version of the Vishnu Sahasranama, as found in the work Sundar Gutka.[3]

Background[edit | edit source]

In the 135th[4] chapter of Anushāsanaparva (verses 14 to 120) in Mahabharata, the stotra was given to Yudhishthira by the grandsire of Kuru dynasty and warrior Bhishma who was on his death bed (of arrows) in the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Yudhishthira asks Bhishma the following questions:[5][6]

IAST (IAST: IAST)


IAST (IAST: IAST)


IAST (IAST: IAST)


IAST (IAST: IAST)

In this world Who is the one refuge for all? Who is the greatest Divinity in the world ? By eulogising whom can a person reach auspiciousness? By worshipping whom can a person reach auspiciousness? What is, in your opinion, the greatest Dharma among all the Dharmas? By chanting whose name, can a creature proceed beyond the bonds of samsāra?[7]

Bhishma answers by stating that mankind will be free from all sorrows by chanting the Vishnu Sahasranama, which are the thousand names of the all-pervading Supreme Being Vishnu, who is the master of all the worlds, the supreme light, the essence of the universe and who is Brahman. All matter animate and inanimate reside in him, and he in turn resides within all matter.

Etymology[edit | edit source]

In Sanskrit, IAST (IAST: IAST)

means 'thousand'. The meaning of sahasra is situation dependent.

IAST (IAST: IAST)

(nominative, the stem is

IAST (IAST: IAST)

) means 'name'. The compound is of the Bahuvrihi type and may be translated as 'having a thousand names'. In modern Hindi pronunciation, nāma is pronounced [na:m]. It is also pronounced

IAST (IAST: IAST)

in South India.

The phala shruthi [Phala = results Śruti = that which is heard] says that one who reads this Vishnu Sahasranamam every day with full devotion achieves name, fame, wealth and knowledge in his life.[8][9]

Interpretations[edit | edit source]

The Vishnu Sahasranama is popular among Hindus, and a major part of prayer for devout Vaishnavas, or followers of Vishnu. While Vaishanvas venerate other deities, they believe that the universe, including the other divinities such as Shiva and Devi, is ultimately a manifestation of the Supreme Lord Vishnu. Despite the existence of other sahasranamas of other gods, referring a sahasranama as "The Sahasranama," generally refers to the Vishnu Sahasranama alone, thereby indicating its wide popularity and use.[10]

Two of the names in Vishnu Sahasranama that refer to Shiva are "Shiva" (names # 27 and # 600 in Advaitin Adi Shankara's commentary) itself, "Shambhu" (name # 38), "Ishanah" (name #6 4), and "Rudra" (name # 114). Adi Sankara of Advaita Vedanta asserts that the deity Vishnu is Brahman itself (not just an aspect of Brahmam).[11] Again, he notes that "only Hari (Vishnu) is eulogized by names such as Shiva",[12] a position consistent with interpretations of the Srivaishnavite commentator Parasara Bhattar. Parasara Bhattar had interpreted Shiva to mean a quality of Vishnu, such as "One who bestows auspiciousness".[13]

However, this interpretation of the name Shiva has been challenged by Swami Tapasyananda's translation of Shankara's commentary on the Vishnu Sahasranama.[14] He translates the 27th name, Shiva to mean:"One who is not affected by the three Gunas of Prakrti, Sattva, Rajas,and Tamas; The Kaivalaya Upanishad says, "He is both Brahma and Shiva." In the light of this statement of non-difference between Shiva and Vishnu, it is Vishnu Himself Who Is exalted by the praise and worship of Shiva."[14] Based on this commonly held Advaitan point of view which has been adopted by Smartas, Vishnu and Shiva are viewed as one and the same God, being different aspects of preservation and destruction respectively. As many Sanskrit words have multiple meanings, it is possible that both Vishnu and Shiva share names in this instance, e.g., the name Shiva itself means "auspicious"[15] which could also apply to Vishnu. The Deities Ananthapadmanabha and Shankaranarayana are worshipped by Hindus, as is Lord Panduranga Vitthala, a form of Lord Krishna with a Shiva Linga on his crown, signifying the oneness of both deities.

However, the Vaishnava commentator, Parasara Bhattar, a follower of Ramanujacharya has interpreted the names "Shiva" and "Rudra" in Vishnu Sahasranama to mean qualities or attributes of Vishnu, and not to indicate that Vishnu and Shiva are one and the same God. Vaishnavas worship Vishnu in his four-armed form, carrying conch, disc, flower and mace in his hands, believing that to be the Supreme form. However, Smarthas do not subscribe to this aspect or personification of God, as Smarthas say that God is Nirguna and thus devoid of form. Additionally, they believe that God is not limited by time nor limited by shape and color. Vaishnava traditions are of the opinion that Vishnu is both unlimited and yet still capable of having specific forms, as to give arguments to the contrary (to say that God is incapable of having a form) is to limit the unlimitable and all-powerful Supreme.

In the Sri Vaishnava and Sadh Vaishnava tradition, the Bhagavad-gita and the Vishnu Sahasranama are considered the two eyes of spiritual revelation.

In other Vaishnava traditions too, the Vishnu Sahasranama is considered an important text. Within Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Vallabha sampradaya, Nimbarka sampradaya and among Ramanandis, the chanting of the names of Krishna and Rama are considered to be superior to that of Vishnu. Based on another verse in the Padma Purana which says that the benefit of chanting the one thousand names of Vishnu can be derived from chanting one name of Rama, and a verse in the Brahma Vaivarta Purana equating the benefit of chanting three names of Rama with one name of Krishna. However, it is important to realize that those verses in those puranas are not to be interpreted literally, as many believe that there is no difference between Vishnu and Krishna. This theological difference can be expressed as follows: Many Vaishnava groups recognize Krishna as an Avatar of Vishnu, while others, instead, consider Him to be svayam bhagavan, or the original form of the Lord. Yet these verses can be interpreted as it is more important to have pure bhakti or devotion than merely repeating the many names of God without emotion. Indeed, Shri Krishna Himself said, "Arjuna, One may be desirous of praising by reciting the thousand names. But, on my part, I feel praised by one shloka. There is no doubt about it.” [16]

Within Vaisnavism some groups, such as Sri sampradaya, adhere to and follow the Rig Veda: 1.156.3, which states "O ye who wish to gain realization of the supreme truth, utter the name of Vishnu at least once in the steadfast faith that it will lead you to such realization." [17]

Interpretations alluding to the power of God in controlling karma

Many names in the Vishnusahasranama, the thousand names of Vishnu allude to the power of God in controlling karma. For example, the 135th name of Vishnu, Dharmadhyaksha, in Sankara's interpretation means, "One who directly sees the merits (Dharma) and demerits (Adharma), of beings by bestowing their due rewards on them."[18]

Other names of Vishnu alluding to this nature of God are Bhavanah, the 32nd name, Vidhata, the 44th name, Apramattah, the 325th name, Sthanadah, the 387th name and Srivibhavanah, the 609th name.[19] Bhavanah, according to Sankara's interpretation, means "One who generates the fruits of Karmas of all Jivas for them to enjoy."[20] The Brahma Sutra (3.2.28) "Phalmatah upapatteh" speaks of the Lord's function as the bestower of the fruits of all actions of the jivas.[20]

General thoughts

Sections from Swami Tapasyananda's translation of the concluding verses of Vishnu Sahasranama, state the following: "Nothing evil or inauspicious will befall a man here or hereafter who daily hears or repeats these names." That comment is noteworthy. King Nahusha, a once righteous king, ancestor of Yudhishthira, after performing a hundred Ashwamedha sacrifices, became king of devas, but was later expelled from Swarga or heaven due to a curse by the great sage Agastya due to his pride and arrogance and became a python for thousands of years.[21] In the commentary to this sloka Sankara states that a fall akin to that of king Nahusha will not happen to that devotee who recites Vishnu Sahasranama daily.

Merits of recitation[edit | edit source]

Believers in the recitation of the Sahasranama claim that it brings unwavering calm of mind, complete freedom from stress and brings eternal knowledge. A translation of the concluding verses (Phalasruti) of Vishnu Sahasranama, state the following: "Nothing evil or inauspicious will befall a man here or hereafter who daily hears or repeats these names... Whichever devoted man, getting up early in the morning and purifying himself, repeats this hymn devoted to Vasudeva, with a mind that is concentrated on Him, that man attains to great fame, leadership among his peers, wealth that is secure and the supreme good unsurpassed by anything. He will be free from all fears and be endowed with great courage and energy and he will be free from diseases. Beauty of form, strength of body and mind, and virtuous character will be natural to him.... One who reads this hymn every day with devotion and attention attains to peace of mind, patience, prosperity, mental stability, memory and reputation.... Whoever desires advancement and happiness should repeat this devotional hymn on Vishnu composed by Vyasa.... Never will defeat attend on a man who adores the Lotus-Eyed One [Kamala Nayana], who is the Master of all the worlds, who is birthless, and out of whom the worlds have originated and into whom they dissolve."

In orthodox Hindu tradition, a devotee should daily chant the Upanishads, Gita, Rudram, Purusha Sukta and Vishnu Sahasranama. If one cannot do all this on any day, it is believed that chanting Vishnu Sahasranama alone is sufficient. Vishnu Sahasranama can be chanted at any time, irrespective of gender.

Varahi Tantra says that in the age of Kali yuga, most stotras are cursed by Parashurama and hence are ineffective. While listing the ones which are free from this curse and hence suitable during Kali Yuga, it is said, "Gita of the Bhishma Parva, Vishnu Sahasranama of Mahabharata and Chandika Saptashati' (Devi Mahatmyam) are free from all doshas and grant fruits immediately in Kali Yuga." [22]

In a classic astrological text, the Bṛhat Parāśara Horāśāstra, sage Parashara frequently recommends the recitation of the Vishnu Sahasranama as the best remedial measure for planetary afflictions.[23] For example, see the following verse: "The most effective and beneficial remedial measure for the prolongation of longevity and to obtain relief from other evil effects is recitation of Vishnu Sahasranam." Ch. 56, verse 30 [23]

Sage Parashara mentions this practice more than ten times in his text as in this further verse:

"The remedial measure to obtain relief from the above evil effects, is recitation of Vishnu Sahasranama." Ch. 59, verse 77 [23]

In his celebrated Ayurvedic text Charaka Samhita, Acharya Charaka refers to the power of Vishnu Sahasranama in curing all kinds of fever.

viṣṇuṁ sahasramūrdhānaṁ carācarapatiṁ vibhum|| 311 stuvannāmasahasrēṇa jvarān sarvānapōhati| Recitation of the sahasra nāma (one thousand names) of Lord Viṡnū, who has one thousand heads, who is the chief of the carācara (moving and non-moving things of the universe) and who is omnipresent cures all type of jwaras. [24]

Shlokas[edit | edit source]

Recitation and aggregation

An alternative approach is to say the starting prayer, and then say the names collected in stanzas (As they were originally said by Bhishma.) Such stanzas are called Slokas in Sanskrit. The Sahasranama (apart from the initial and concluding prayers) has a total of 108 shlokas.

For example, the first sloka is:

om visvam vishnur-vashatkaro bhutbhavyabhavatprabhuh
bhutkrd bhutbhrd-bhaavo bhutatma bhutabhavanah

Notice the aggregation of several words and the omission of their intervening spaces. For example, the last word of the first line of this Sloka:

bhutabhavya-bhavatprabhuh

corresponds to:

om bhutabhavya bhavat prabhave namah

of the expanded version.

This joining-together of words is a common feature of Sanskrit and is called Samasa- a compound. It makes the slokas compact, and easier to remember.

The Thousand Names of Lord Vishnu[edit | edit source]

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This is the complete list of names, in loose anglicized spelling and with idiosyncratic translations.[25][26] Sanskrit has multiple meanings to a single word, notice how Brahma and Brahmaa differ. One may contemplate over understanding each name for a minute to one's lifetime. For example, He is both Vishwam and Vishnuh. [Is the universe in Him ? or Does He pervade everywhere?]

# Name Transliteration Translation
1 विश्वम्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Who is the universe himself
2 विष्णुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who pervades everywhere
3 वषट्कारः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is invoked for oblations
4 भूतभव्यभवत्प्रभुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Lord of past, present and future
5 भूतकृत्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The creator of all creatures
6 भूतभृत्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who nourishes all creatures
7 भावः bhāvah He who becomes all moving and nonmoving things
8 भूतात्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is atma or soul of all beings
9 भूतभावनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The cause of the growth and birth of all creatures
10 पूतात्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He with an extremely pure essence
11 परमात्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Supreme-Self
12 मुक्तानां परमा गतिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The final goal, reached by liberated souls
13 अव्ययः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| without destruction
14 पुरुषः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Universal Spirit
15 साक्षी

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The witness
16 क्षेत्रज्ञः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The knower of the field
17 अक्षरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Indestructible
18 योगः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is realized through yoga
19 योगविदां नेता

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The guide of those who know yoga
20 प्रधानपुरुषेश्वरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Lord of pradhaana and purusha
21 नारसिंहवपुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He whose form is man-lion
22 श्रीमान्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is always with shree
23 केशवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| keshavah: He who has beautiful locks of hair, slayer of Keshi and one who is himself the three
24 पुरुषोत्तमः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The best among all Purushas
25 सर्वः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is everything
26 शर्वः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The auspicious
27 शिवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is eternally pure
28 स्थाणुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The pillar, the immovable truth
29 भूतादिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The cause of the five great elements
30 निधिरव्ययः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The imperishable treasure
31 सम्भवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who descends of His own free will
32 भावनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who gives everything to his devotees
33 भर्ता

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who nourishes the entire living world
34 प्रभवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The womb of the five great elements
35 प्रभुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Almighty Lord
36 ईश्वरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Ruler of Universe
37 स्वयम्भूः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who manifests from Himself
38 शम्भुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who brings auspiciousness
39 आदित्यः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The son of Aditi (Vaamana)
40 पुष्कराक्षः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has eyes like the lotus
41 महास्वनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has a thundering voice
42 अनादि-निधनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He without origin or end
43 धाता

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who supports all fields of experience
44 विधाता

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The dispenser of fruits of action
45 धातुरुत्तमः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The subtlest atom
46 अप्रमेयः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who cannot be perceived
47 हृषीकेशः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Lord of the senses
48 पद्मनाभः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He from whose navel comes the lotus
49 अमरप्रभुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Lord of the devas
50 विश्वकर्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The creator of the universe
51 मनुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has manifested as the Vedic mantras
52 त्वष्टा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who makes huge things small
53 स्थविष्ठः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The supremely gross
54 स्थविरो ध्रुवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The ancient, motionless one
55 अग्राह्यः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is not perceived by senses
56 शाश्वतः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who always remains the same
57 कृष्णः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He whose complexion is dark
58 लोहिताक्षः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Red-eyed
59 प्रतर्दनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Supreme destruction
60 प्रभूतस्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Ever-full
61 त्रिकाकुब्धाम

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The support of the three quarters
62 पवित्रम्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who gives purity to the heart
63 मंगलं-परम्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Supreme auspiciousness
64 ईशानः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The controller of the five great elements
65 प्राणदः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who gives life
66 प्राणः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who ever lives
67 ज्येष्ठः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Older than all
68 श्रेष्ठः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The most glorious
69 प्रजापतिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Lord of all creatures
70 हिरण्यगर्भः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is the golden womb
71 भूगर्भः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is the womb of the earth
72 माधवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is sweet like honey
73 मधुसूदनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Destroyer of the Madhu demon
74 ईश्वरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The controller
75 विक्रमी

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is full of prowess
76 धन्वी

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who always has a divine bow
77 मेधावी

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Supremely intelligent
78 विक्रमः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Valorous
79 क्रमः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| All-pervading
80 अनुत्तमः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Incomparably great
81 दुराधर्षः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who cannot be attacked successfully
82 कृतज्ञः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who knows all that is
83 कृतिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who rewards all our actions
84 आत्मवान्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The self in all beings
85 सुरेशः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Lord of the devas
86 शरणम्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The refuge
87 शर्म

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is Himself infinite bliss
88 विश्वरेताः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The seed of the universe
89 प्रजाभवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He from whom all praja (population) comes
90 अहः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is the nature of time
91 संवत्सरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He from whom the concept of time comes
92 व्याळः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The serpent (vyaalah) to atheists
93 प्रत्ययः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He whose nature is knowledge
94 सर्वदर्शनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| All-seeing
95 अजः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Unborn
96 सर्वेश्वरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Controller of all
97 सिद्धः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The most famous
98 सिद्धिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who gives moksha
99 सर्वादिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The beginning of all
100 अच्युतः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Infallible
101 वृषाकपिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who lifts the world to dharma
102 अमेयात्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who manifests in infinite varieties
103 सर्वयोगविनिसृतः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is free from all attachments
104 वसुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The support of all elements
105 वसुमनाः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He whose mind is supremely pure
106 सत्यः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The truth
107 समात्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is the same in all
108 सम्मितः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has been accepted by authorities
109 समः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Equal
110 अमोघः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Ever useful
111 पुण्डरीकाक्षः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who dwells in the heart
112 वृषकर्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He whose every act is righteous
113 वृषाकृतिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The form of dharma
114 रुद्रः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is mightiest of the mighty or He who is "fierce"
115 बहुशिरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has many heads
116 बभ्रुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who rules over all the worlds
117 विश्वयोनिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The womb of the universe
118 शुचिश्रवाः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who listens only the good and pure
119 अमृतः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Immortal
120 शाश्वतः-स्थाणुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Permanent and immovable
121 वरारोहः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The most glorious destination
122 महातपः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He of great tapas
123 सर्वगः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| All-pervading
124 सर्वविद्भानुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| All-knowing and effulgent
125 विष्वक्सेनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He against whom no army can stand
126 जनार्दनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who gives joy to good people
127 वेदः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is the Vedas
128 वेदविद्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The knower of the Vedas
129 अव्यंगः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Without imperfections
130 वेदांगः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He whose limbs are the Vedas
131 वेदवित्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who contemplates upon the Vedas
132 कविः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The seer
133 लोकाध्यक्षः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who presides over all lokas
134 सुराध्यक्षः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who presides over all devas
135 धर्माध्यक्षः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who presides over dharma
136 कृताकृतः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| All that is created and not created
137 चतुरात्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The four-fold self
138 चतुर्व्यूहः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Vasudeva, Sankarshan etc.
139 चतुर्दंष्ट्रः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has four canines (Nrsimha)
140 चतुर्भुजः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Four-handed
141 भ्राजिष्णुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Self-effulgent consciousness
142 भोजनम्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is the sense-objects
143 भोक्ता

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The enjoyer
144 सहिष्णुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who can suffer patiently
145 जगदादिजः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Born at the beginning of the world
146 अनघः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Sinless
147 विजयः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Victorious
148 जेता

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Ever-successful
149 विश्वयोनिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who incarnates because of the world
150 पुनर्वसुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who lives repeatedly in different bodies
151 उपेन्द्रः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The younger brother of Indra (Vamana)
152 वामनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He with a dwarf body
153 प्रांशुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He with a huge body
154 अमोघः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He whose acts are for a great purpose
155 शुचिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is spotlessly clean
156 ऊर्जितः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has infinite vitality
157 अतीन्द्रः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who surpasses Indra
158 संग्रहः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who holds everything together
159 सर्गः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who creates the world from Himself
160 धृतात्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Established in Himself
161 नियमः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The appointing authority
162 यमः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The administrator
163 वेद्यः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| That which is to be known
164 वैद्यः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Supreme doctor
165 सदायोगी

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Always in yoga
166 वीरहा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who destroys the mighty heroes
167 माधवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Lord of all knowledge
168 मधुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Sweet
169 अतीन्द्रियः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Beyond the sense organs
170 महामायः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Supreme Master of all Maya
171 महोत्साहः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The great enthusiast
172 महाबलः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has supreme strength
173 महाबुद्धिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has supreme intelligence
174 महावीर्यः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The supreme essence
175 महाशक्तिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| All-powerful
176 महाद्युतिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Greatly luminous
177 अनिर्देश्यवपुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He whose form is indescribable
178 श्रीमान्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is always courted by glories
179 अमेयात्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He whose essence is immeasurable
180 महाद्रिधृक्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who supports the great mountain
181 महेष्वासः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who wields shaarnga
182 महीभर्ता

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The husband of mother earth
183 श्रीनिवासः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The permanent abode of Shree
184 सतां गतिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The goal for all virtuous people
185 अनिरुद्धः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who cannot be obstructed
186 सुरानन्दः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who gives out happiness
187 गोविन्दः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The protector of the Cows.
188 गोविदां-पतिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Lord of all men of wisdom
189 मरीचिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Effulgence
190 दमनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who controls rakshasas
191 हंसः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The swan
192 सुपर्णः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Beautiful-winged (Two birds analogy)
193 भुजगोत्तमः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The serpent Ananta
194 हिरण्यनाभः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has a golden navel
195 सुतपाः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has glorious tapas
196 पद्मनाभः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He whose navel is like a lotus
197 प्रजापतिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He from whom all creatures emerge
198 अमृत्युः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who knows no death
199 सर्वदृक्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The seer of everything
200 सिंहः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who destroys
201 सन्धाता

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The regulator
202 सन्धिमान्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who seems to be conditioned
203 स्थिरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Steady
204 अजः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who takes the form of Aja, Brahma
205 दुर्मषणः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who cannot be vanquished
206 शास्ता

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who rules over the universe
207 विश्रुतात्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is celebrated, most famous and heard about by one and all.
208 सुरारिहा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Destroyer of the enemies of the devas
209 गुरुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The teacher
210 गुरुतमः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The greatest teacher
211 धाम

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The goal
212 सत्यः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is Himself the truth
213 सत्यपराक्रमः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Dynamic Truth
214 निमिषः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has closed eyes in contemplation
215 अनिमिषः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who remains unwinking; ever knowing
216 स्रग्वी

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who always wears a garland of undecaying flowers
217 वाचस्पतिः-उदारधीः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is eloquent in championing the Supreme law of life; He with a large-hearted intelligence
218 अग्रणीः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who guides us to the peak
219 ग्रामणीः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who leads the flock
220 श्रीमान्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The possessor of light, effulgence, glory
221 न्यायः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Justice
222 नेता

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The leader
223 समीरणः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who sufficiently administers all movements of all living creatures
224 सहस्रमूर्धा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has endless heads
225 विश्वात्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The soul of the universe
226 सहस्राक्षः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Thousands of eyes
227 सहस्रपात्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Thousand-footed
228 आवर्तनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The unseen dynamism
229 निवृत्तात्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The soul retreated from matter
230 संवृतः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is veiled from the jiva
231 संप्रमर्दनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who persecutes evil men
232 अहः संवर्तकः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who thrills the day and makes it function vigorously
233 वह्निः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Fire
234 अनिलः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Air
235 धरणीधरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who supports the earth
236 सुप्रसादः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Fully satisfied
237 प्रसन्नात्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Ever pure and all-blissful self
238 विश्वधृक्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Supporter of the world
239 विश्वभुक्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who enjoys all experiences
240 विभुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who manifests in endless forms
241 सत्कर्ता

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who adores good and wise people
242 सत्कृतः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is adored by all good people
243 साधुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who lives by the righteous codes
244 जह्नुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Leader of men
245 नारायणः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who resides on the waters
246 नरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The guide
247 असंख्येयः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has numberless names and forms
248 अप्रमेयात्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| A soul not known through the pramanas
249 विशिष्टः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who transcends all in His glory
250 शिष्टकृत्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The lawmaker
251 शुचिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is pure
252 सिद्धार्थः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has all arthas
253 सिद्धसंकल्पः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who gets all He wishes for
254 सिद्धिदः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The giver of benedictions
255 सिद्धिसाधनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The power behind our sadhana
256 वृषाही

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Controller of all actions
257 वृषभः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who showers all dharmas
258 विष्णुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Long-striding
259 वृषपर्वा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The ladder leading to dharma (As well as dharma itself)
260 वृषोदरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He from whose belly life showers forth
261 वर्धनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The nurturer and nourisher
262 वर्धमानः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who can grow into any dimension
263 विविक्तः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Separate
264 श्रुतिसागरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The ocean for all scripture
265 सुभुजः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has graceful arms
266 दुर्धरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who cannot be known by great yogis
267 वाग्मी

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is eloquent in speech
268 महेन्द्रः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The lord of Indra
269 वसुदः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who gives all wealth
270 वसुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is Wealth
271 नैकरूपः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has unlimited forms
272 बृहद्रूपः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Vast, of infinite dimensions
273 शिपिविष्टः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The presiding deity of the sun
274 प्रकाशनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who illuminates
275 ओजस्तेजोद्युतिधरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The possessor of vitality, effulgence and beauty
276 प्रकाशात्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The effulgent self
277 प्रतापनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Thermal energy; one who heats
278 ऋद्धः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Full of prosperity
279 स्पष्टाक्षरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is indicated by OM
280 मन्त्रः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The nature of the Vedic mantras
281 चन्द्रांशुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The rays of the moon
282 भास्करद्युतिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The effulgence of the sun
283 अमृतांशोद्भवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Paramatman from whom Amrutamshu or the Moon originated at the time of the churning of the Milk-ocean.[27]
284 भानुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Self-effulgent
285 शशबिन्दुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The moon who has a rabbit-like spot
286 सुरेश्वरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| A person of extreme charity
287 औषधम्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Medicine
288 जगतः सेतुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| A bridge across the material energy
289 सत्यधर्मपराक्रमः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who champions heroically for truth and righteousness
290 भूतभव्यभवन्नाथः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Lord of past, present and future
291 पवनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The air that fills the universe
292 पावनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who gives life-sustaining power to air
293 अनलः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Fire
294 कामहा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who destroys all desires
295 कामकृत्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who fulfills all desires
296 कान्तः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is of enchanting form
297 कामः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The beloved
298 कामप्रदः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who supplies desired objects
299 प्रभुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Lord
300 युगादिकृत्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The creator of the yugas
301 युगावर्तः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The law behind time
302 नैकमायः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He whose forms are endless and varied
303 महाशनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who eats up everything
304 अदृश्यः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Imperceptible
305 व्यक्तरूपः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is perceptible to the yogi
306 सहस्रजित्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who vanquishes thousands
307 अनन्तजित्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Ever-victorious
308 इष्टः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is invoked through Vedic rituals
309 विशिष्टः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The noblest and most sacred
310 शिष्टेष्टः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The greatest beloved
311 शिखंडी

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Incarnation as Lord Krishna with a peacock feather embedded in his crown. Shikhandee
312 नहुषः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who binds all with maya
313 वृषः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is dharma
314 क्रोधहा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who destroys anger
315 क्रोधकृत्कर्ता

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who generates anger against the lower tendency
316 विश्वबाहुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He whose hand is in everything
317 महीधरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The support of the earth
318 अच्युतः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who undergoes no changes
319 प्रथितः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who exists pervading all
320 प्राणः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The prana in all living creatures
321 प्राणदः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who gives prana
322 वासवानुजः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The brother of Indra
323 अपां-निधिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Treasure of waters (the ocean)
324 अधिष्ठानम्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The substratum of the entire universe
325 अप्रमत्तः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who never makes a wrong judgement
326 प्रतिष्ठितः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has no cause
327 स्कन्दः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He whose glory is expressed through Subrahmanya
328 स्कन्दधरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Upholder of withering righteousness
329 धूर्यः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Who carries out creation etc. without hitch
330 वरदः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who fulfills boons
331 वायुवाहनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Controller of winds
332 वासुदेवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Dwelling in all creatures although not affected by that condition
333 बृहद्भानुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who illumines the world with the rays of the sun and moon
334 आदिदेवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The primary source of everything
335 पुरन्दरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Destroyer of cities
336 अशोकः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has no sorrow
337 तारणः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who enables others to cross
338 तारः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who saves
339 शूरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The valiant
340 शौरिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who incarnated in the dynasty of Shoora
341 जनेश्वरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Lord of the people
342 अनुकूलः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Well-wisher of everyone
343 शतावर्तः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who takes infinite forms
344 पद्मी

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who holds a lotus
345 पद्मनिभेक्षणः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Lotus-eyed
346 पद्मनाभः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has a lotus-navel
347 अरविन्दाक्षः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has eyes as beautiful as the lotus
348 पद्मगर्भः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is being meditated upon in the lotus of the heart
349 शरीरभृत्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who sustains all bodies
350 महर्द्धिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has great prosperity
351 ऋद्धः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has expanded Himself as the universe
352 वृद्धात्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The ancient self
353 महाक्षः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The great-eyed
354 गरुडध्वजः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has Garuda on His flag
355 अतुलः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Incomparable
356 शरभः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who dwells and shines forth through the bodies
357 भीमः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The terrible
358 समयज्ञः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One whose worship is nothing more than keeping an equal vision of the mind by the devotee
359 हविर्हरिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The receiver of all oblation
360 सर्वलक्षणलक्षण्यः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Known through all proofs
361 लक्ष्मीवान्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The consort of Laksmi
362 समितिञ्जयः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Ever-victorious
363 विक्षरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Imperishable
364 रोहितः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The fish incarnation
365 मार्गः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The path
366 हेतुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The cause
367 दामोदरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Who has a rope around his stomach
368 सहः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| All-enduring
369 महीधरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The bearer of the earth
370 महाभागः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who gets the greatest share in every Yajna
371 वेगवान्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is swift
372 अमिताशनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Of endless appetite
373 उद्भवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The originator
374 क्षोभणः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The agitator
375 देवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who revels
376 श्रीगर्भः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He in whom are all glories
377 परमेश्वरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Parama + Ishvara = Supreme Lord, Parama (MahaLakshmi i.e. above all the shaktis) + Ishvara (Lord) = Lord of MahaLakshmi
378 करणम्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The instrument
379 कारणम्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The cause
380 कर्ता

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The doer
381 विकर्ता

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Creator of the endless varieties that make up the universe
382 गहनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The unknowable
383 गुहः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who dwells in the cave of the heart
384 व्यवसायः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Resolute
385 व्यवस्थानः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The substratum
386 संस्थानः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The ultimate authority
387 स्थानदः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who confers the right abode
388 ध्रुवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The changeless in the midst of changes
389 परर्धिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has supreme manifestations
390 परमस्पष्टः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The extremely vivid
391 तुष्टः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is contented with a very simple offering
392 पुष्टः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is ever-full
393 शुभेक्षणः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| All-auspicious gaze
394 रामः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is most handsome
395 विरामः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The abode of perfect-rest
396 विरजः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Passionless
397 मार्गः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The path
398 नेयः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The guide
399 नयः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who leads
400 अनयः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has no leader
401 वीरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The valiant
402 शक्तिमतां श्रेष्ठः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The best among the powerful
403 धर्मः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The law of being
404 धर्मविदुत्तमः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The highest among men of realisation
405 वैकुण्ठः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Lord of supreme abode, Vaikuntha
406 पुरुषः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who dwells in all bodies
407 प्राणः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Life
408 प्राणदः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Giver of life
409 प्रणवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is praised by the gods
410 पृथुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The expanded
411 हिरण्यगर्भः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The creator
412 शत्रुघ्नः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The destroyer of enemies
413 व्याप्तः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The pervader
414 वायुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The air
415 अधोक्षजः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One whose vitality never flows downwards
416 ऋतुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The seasons
417 सुदर्शनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He whose meeting is auspicious
418 कालः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who judges and punishes beings
419 परमेष्ठी

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is readily available for experience within the heart
420 परिग्रहः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The receiver
421 उग्रः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The terrible
422 संवत्सरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The year
423 दक्षः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The smart
424 विश्रामः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The resting place
425 विश्वदक्षिणः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The most skilful and efficient
426 विस्तारः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The extension
427 स्थावरस्स्थाणुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The firm and motionless
428 प्रमाणम्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The proof
429 बीजमव्ययम्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Immutable Seed
430 अर्थः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is worshiped by all
431 अनर्थः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One to whom there is nothing yet to be fulfilled
432 महाकोशः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has got around him great sheaths
433 महाभोगः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is of the nature of enjoyment
434 महाधनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is supremely rich
435 अनिर्विण्णः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has no discontent
436 स्थविष्ठः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is supremely huge
437 अभूः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has no birth
438 धर्मयूपः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The post to which all dharma is tied
439 महामखः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The great sacrificer
440 नक्षत्रनेमिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The nave of the stars
441 नक्षत्री

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Lord of the stars (the moon)
442 क्षमः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is supremely efficient in all undertakings
443 क्षामः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who ever remains without any scarcity
444 समीहनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One whose desires are auspicious
445 यज्ञः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is of the nature of yajna
446 इज्यः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is fit to be invoked through yajna
447 महेज्यः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is to be most worshiped
448 क्रतुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The animal-sacrifice
449 सत्रम्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Protector of the good
450 सतां-गतिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Refuge of the good
451 सर्वदर्शी

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| All-knower
452 विमुक्तात्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The ever-liberated self
453 सर्वज्ञः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Omniscient
454 ज्ञानमुत्तमम्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Supreme Knowledge
455 सुव्रतः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who ever-performing the pure vow
456 सुमुखः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has a charming face
457 सूक्ष्मः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The subtlest
458 सुघोषः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Of auspicious sound
459 सुखदः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Giver of happiness
460 सुहृत्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Friend of all creatures
461 मनोहरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The stealer of the mind
462 जितक्रोधः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has conquered anger
463 वीरबाहुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Having mighty arms
464 विदारणः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who splits asunder
465 स्वापनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who puts people to sleep
466 स्ववशः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has everything under His control
467 व्यापी

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| All-pervading
468 नैकात्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Many souled
469 नैककर्मकृत्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who does many actions
470 वत्सरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The abode
471 वत्सलः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The supremely affectionate
472 वत्सी

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The father
473 रत्नगर्भः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The jewel-wombed
474 धनेश्वरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Lord of wealth
475 धर्मगुब्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who protects dharma
476 धर्मकृत्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who acts according to dharma
477 धर्मी

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The supporter of dharma
478 सत्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| existence
479 असत्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| illusion
480 क्षरम्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who appears to perish
481 अक्षरम्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Imperishable
482 अविज्ञाता

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The non-knower (The knower being the conditioned soul within the body)
483 सहस्रांशुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The thousand-rayed
484 विधाता

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| All supporter
485 कृतलक्षणः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is famous for His qualities
486 गभस्तिनेमिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The hub of the universal wheel
487 सत्त्वस्थः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Situated in sattva
488 सिंहः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The lion
489 भूतमहेश्वरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The great lord of beings
490 आदिदेवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The first deity
491 महादेवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The great deity
492 देवेशः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Lord of all devas
493 देवभृद्गुरुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Advisor of Indra
494 उत्तरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who lifts us from the ocean of samsara
495 गोपतिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The shepherd
496 गोप्ता

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The protector
497 ज्ञानगम्यः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is experienced through pure knowledge
498 पुरातनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who was even before time
499 शरीरभूतभृत्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who nourishes the nature from which the bodies came
500 भोक्ता

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The enjoyer
501 कपीन्द्रः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Lord of the monkeys (Rama)
502 भूरिदक्षिणः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who gives away large gifts
503 सोमपः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who takes Soma in the yajnas
504 अमृतपः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who drinks the nectar
505 सोमः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who as the moon nourishes plants
506 पुरुजित्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has conquered numerous enemies
507 पुरुसत्तमः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The greatest of the great
508 विनयः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who humiliates those who are unrighteous
509 जयः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The victorious
510 सत्यसन्धः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Of truthful resolution
511 दाशार्हः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who was born in the Dasarha race
512 सात्त्वतां पतिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Lord of the Satvatas
513 जीवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who functions as the ksetrajna
514 विनयितासाक्षी

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The witness of modesty
515 मुकुन्दः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The giver of liberation
516 अमितविक्रमः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Of immeasurable prowess
517 अम्भोनिधिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The substratum of the four types of beings
518 अनन्तात्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The infinite self
519 महोदधिशयः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who rests on the great ocean
520 अन्तकः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The death
521 अजः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Unborn
522 महार्हः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who deserves the highest worship
523 स्वाभाव्यः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Ever rooted in the nature of His own self
524 जितामित्रः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has conquered all enemies
525 प्रमोदनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Ever-blissful
526 आनन्दः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| A mass of pure bliss
527 नन्दनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who makes others blissful
528 नन्दः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Free from all worldly pleasures
529 सत्यधर्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has in Himself all true dharmas
530 त्रिविक्रमः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who took three steps
531 महर्षिः कपिलाचार्यः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who incarnated as Kapila, the great sage
532 कृतज्ञः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The knower of the creation
533 मेदिनीपतिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Lord of the earth
534 त्रिपदः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has taken three steps
535 त्रिदशाध्यक्षः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Lord of the three states of consciousness
536 महाशृंगः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Great-horned (Matsya)
537 कृतान्तकृत्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Destroyer of the creation
538 महावराहः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The great boar
539 गोविन्दः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is known through Vedanta
540 सुषेणः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who has a charming army
541 कनकांगदी

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Wearer of bright-as-gold armlets
542 गुह्यः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The mysterious
543 गभीरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The unfathomable
544 गहनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Impenetrable
545 गुप्तः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The well-concealed
546 चक्रगदाधरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Bearer of the disc and mace
547 वेधाः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Creator of the universe
548 स्वांगः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One with well-proportioned limbs
549 अजितः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Vanquished by none
550 कृष्णः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Dark-complexioned
551 दृढः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The firm
552 संकर्षणोऽच्युतः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who absorbs the whole creation into His nature and never falls away from that nature
553 वरुणः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who sets on the horizon (Sun)
554 वारुणः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The son of Varuna (Vasistha or Agastya)
555 वृक्षः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The tree
556 पुष्कराक्षः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Lotus eyed
557 महामनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Great-minded
558 भगवान्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who possesses six opulences
559 भगहा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who destroys the six opulences during pralaya
560 आनन्दी

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who gives delight
561 वनमाली

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who wears a garland of forest flowers
562 हलायुधः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has a plough as His weapon
563 आदित्यः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Son of Aditi
564 ज्योतिरादित्यः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The resplendence of the sun
565 सहिष्णुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who calmly endures duality
566 गतिसत्तमः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The ultimate refuge for all devotees
567 सुधन्वा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has Shaarnga
568 खण्डपरशु:

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who holds an axe
569 दारुणः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Merciless towards the unrighteous
570 द्रविणप्रदः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who lavishly gives wealth
571 दिवःस्पृक्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Sky-reaching
572 सर्वदृग्व्यासः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who creates many men of wisdom
573 वाचस्पतिरयोनिजः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is the master of all vidyas and who is unborn through a womb
574 त्रिसामा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is glorified by Devas, Vratas and Saamans
575 सामगः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The singer of the sama songs
576 साम

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Sama Veda
577 निर्वाणम्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| All-bliss
578 भेषजम्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Medicine
579 भृषक्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Physician
580 संन्यासकृत्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Institutor of sannyasa
581 समः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Calm
582 शान्तः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Peaceful within
583 निष्ठा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Abode of all beings
584 शान्तिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One whose very nature is peace
585 परायणम्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The way to liberation
586 शुभांगः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has the most beautiful form
587 शान्तिदः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Giver of peace
588 स्रष्टा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Creator of all beings
589 कुमुदः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who delights in the earth
590 कुवलेशयः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who reclines in the waters
591 गोहितः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who does welfare for cows
592 गोपतिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Husband of the earth
593 गोप्ता

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Protector of the universe
594 वृषभाक्षः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One whose eyes rain fulfilment of desires
595 वृषप्रियः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who delights in dharma
596 अनिवर्ती

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who never retreats
597 निवृतात्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is fully restrained from all sense indulgences
598 संक्षेप्ता

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The involver
599 क्षेमकृत्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Doer of good
600 शिवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Auspiciousness
601 श्रीवत्सवत्साः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has sreevatsa on His chest
602 श्रीवासः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Abode of Sree
603 श्रीपतिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Lord of Laksmi
604 श्रीमतां वरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The best among glorious
605 श्रीदः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Giver of opulence
606 श्रीशः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Lord of Sree
607 श्रीनिवासः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who dwells in the good people
608 श्रीनिधिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The treasure of Sree
609 श्रीविभावनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Distributor of Sree
610 श्रीधरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Holder of Sree
611 श्रीकरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who gives Sree
612 श्रेयः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Liberation
613 श्रीमान्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Possessor of Sree
614 लोकत्रयाश्रयः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Shelter of the three worlds
615 स्वक्षः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Beautiful-eyed
616 स्वङ्गः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Beautiful-limbed
617 शतानन्दः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Of infinite varieties and joys
618 नन्दिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Infinite bliss
619 ज्योतिर्गणेश्वरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Lord of the luminaries in the cosmos
620 विजितात्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has conquered the sense organs
621 विधेयात्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is ever available for the devotees to command in love
622 सत्कीर्तिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One of pure fame
623 छिन्नसंशयः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One whose doubts are ever at rest
624 उदीर्णः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The great transcendent
625 सर्वतश्चक्षुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has eyes everywhere
626 अनीशः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has none to Lord over Him
627 शाश्वतः-स्थिरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is eternal and stable
628 भूशयः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who rested on the ocean shore (Rama)
629 भूषणः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who adorns the world
630 भूतिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is pure existence
631 विशोकः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Sorrowless
632 शोकनाशनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Destroyer of sorrows
633 अर्चिष्मान्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The effulgent
634 अर्चितः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is constantly worshipped by His devotees
635 कुम्भः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The pot within whom everything is contained
636 विशुद्धात्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has the purest soul
637 विशोधनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The great purifier
638 अनिरुद्धः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He who is invincible by any enemy
639 अप्रतिरथः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has no enemies to threaten Him
640 प्रद्युम्नः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Very rich
641 अमितविक्रमः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Of immeasurable prowess
642 कालनेमीनिहा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Slayer of Kalanemi
643 वीरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The heroic victor
644 शौरी

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who always has invincible prowess
645 शूरजनेश्वरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Lord of the valiant
646 त्रिलोकात्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The self of the three worlds
647 त्रिलोकेशः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Lord of the three worlds
648 केशवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One whose rays illumine the cosmos
649 केशिहा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Killer of Keshi
650 हरिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The creator
651 कामदेवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The beloved Lord
652 कामपालः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The fulfiller of desires
653 कामी

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has fulfilled all His desires
654 कान्तः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Of enchanting form
655 कृतागमः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The author of the agama scriptures
656 अनिर्देश्यवपुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Of Indescribable form
657 विष्णुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| All-pervading
658 वीरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The courageous
659 अनन्तः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Endless
660 धनञ्जयः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who gained wealth through conquest
661 ब्रह्मण्यः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Protector of Brahman (anything related to Narayana)
662 ब्रह्मकृत्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who acts in Brahman
663 ब्रह्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Creator
664 ब्रहम

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Biggest
665 ब्रह्मविवर्धनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who increases the Brahman
666 ब्रह्मविद्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who knows Brahman
667 ब्राह्मणः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has realised Brahman
668 ब्रह्मी

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is with Brahma
669 ब्रह्मज्ञः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who knows the nature of Brahman
670 ब्राह्मणप्रियः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Dear to the brahmanas
671 महाकर्मः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Of great step
672 महाकर्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who performs great deeds
673 महातेजा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One of great resplendence
674 महोरगः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The great serpent
675 महाक्रतुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The great sacrifice
676 महायज्वा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who performed great yajnas
677 महायज्ञः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The great yajna
678 महाहविः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The great offering
679 स्तव्यः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is the object of all praise
680 स्तवप्रियः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is invoked through prayer
681 स्तोत्रम्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The hymn
682 स्तुतिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The act of praise
683 स्तोता

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who adores or praises
684 रणप्रियः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Lover of battles
685 पूर्णः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The complete
686 पूरयिता

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The fulfiller
687 पुण्यः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The truly holy
688 पुण्यकीर्तिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Of Holy fame
689 अनामयः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has no diseases
690 मनोजवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Swift as the mind
691 तीर्थकरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The teacher of the tirthas
692 वसुरेताः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| He whose essence is golden
693 वसुप्रदः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The free-giver of wealth
694 वसुप्रदः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The giver of salvation, the greatest wealth
695 वासुदेवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The son of Vasudeva
696 वसुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The refuge for all
697 वसुमना

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is attentive to everything
698 हविः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The oblation
699 सद्गतिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The goal of good people
700 सत्कृतिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is full of Good actions
701 सत्ता

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One without a second
702 सद्भूतिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has rich glories
703 सत्परायणः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The Supreme goal for the good
704 शूरसेनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has heroic and valiant armies
705 यदुश्रेष्ठः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The best among the Yadava clan
706 सन्निवासः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The abode of the good
707 सुयामुनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who attended by the people dwelling on the banks of Yamuna
708 भूतावासः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The dwelling place of the elements
709 वासुदेवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who envelops the world with Maya
710 सर्वासुनिलयः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The abode of all life energies
711 अनलः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One of unlimited wealth, power and glory
712 दर्पहा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The destroyer of pride in evil-minded people
713 दर्पदः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who creates pride, or an urge to be the best, among the righteous
714 दृप्तः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is drunk with Infinite bliss
715 दुर्धरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The object of contemplation
716 अथापराजितः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The unvanquished
717 विश्वमूर्तिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Of the form of the entire Universe
718 महामूर्तिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The great form
719 दीप्तमूर्तिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Of resplendent form
720 अमूर्तिमान्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Having no form
721 अनेकमूर्तिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Multi-formed
722 अव्यक्तः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Unmanifeset
723 शतमूर्तिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Of many forms
724 शताननः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Many-faced
725 एकः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The one
726 नैकः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The many
727 सवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The nature of the sacrifice
728 कः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is of the nature of bliss
729 किम्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| What (the one to be inquired into)
730 यत्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Which
731 तत्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| That
732 पदमनुत्तमम्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The unequalled state of perfection
733 लोकबन्धुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Friend of the world
734 लोकनाथः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Lord of the world
735 माधवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Born in the family of Madhu
736 भक्तवत्सलः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who loves His devotees
737 सुवर्णवर्णः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Golden-coloured
738 हेमांगः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has limbs of gold
739 वरांगः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| With beautiful limbs
740 चन्दनांगदी

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has attractive armlets
741 वीरहा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Destroyer of valiant heroes
742 विषमः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Unequalled
743 शून्यः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The void
744 घृताशी

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has no need for good wishes
745 अचलः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Non-moving
746 चलः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Moving
747 अमानी

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Without false vanity
748 मानदः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who causes, by His maya, false identification with the body
749 मान्यः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is to be honoured
750 लोकस्वामी

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Lord of the universe
751 त्रिलोकधृक्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is the support of all the three worlds
752 सुमेधा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has pure intelligence
753 मेधजः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Born out of sacrifices
754 धन्यः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Fortunate
755 सत्यमेधः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One whose intelligence never fails
756 धराधरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The sole support of the earth
757 तेजोवृषः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who showers radiance
758 द्युतिधरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who bears an effulgent form
759 सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The best among those who wield weapons
760 प्रग्रहः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Receiver of worship
761 निग्रहः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The killer
762 व्यग्रः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is ever engaged in fulfilling the devotee's desires
763 नैकशृंगः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has many horns
764 गदाग्रजः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is invoked through mantra
765 चतुर्मूर्तिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Four-formed
766 चतुर्बाहुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Four-handed
767 चतुर्व्यूहः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who expresses Himself as the dynamic centre in the four vyoohas
768 चतुर्गतिः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The ultimate goal of all four varnas and asramas
769 चतुरात्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Clear-minded
770 चतुर्भावः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The source of the four
771 चतुर्वेदविद्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Knower of all four vedas
772 एकपात्

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One-footed (BG 10.42)
773 समावर्तः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The efficient turner
774 निवृत्तात्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One whose mind is turned away from sense indulgence
775 दुर्जयः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The invincible
776 दुरतिक्रमः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is difficult to be disobeyed
777 दुर्लभः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who can be obtained with great efforts
778 दुर्गमः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is realised with great effort
779 दुर्गः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Not easy to storm into
780 दुरावासः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Not easy to lodge
781 दुरारिहा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Slayer of the asuras
782 शुभांगः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One with enchanting limbs
783 लोकसारंगः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who understands the universe
784 सुतन्तुः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Beautifully expanded
785 तन्तुवर्धनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who sustains the continuity of the drive for the family
786 इन्द्रकर्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who always performs gloriously auspicious actions
787 महाकर्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who accomplishes great acts
788 कृतकर्मा

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has fulfilled his acts
789 कृतागमः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Author of the Vedas
790 उद्भवः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The ultimate source
791 सुन्दरः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Of unrivalled beauty
792 सुन्दः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Of great mercy
793 रत्ननाभः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| Of beautiful navel
794 सुलोचनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who has the most enchanting eyes
795 अर्कः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| One who is in the form of the sun
796 वाजसनः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The giver of food
797 शृंगी

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The horned one
798 जयन्तः

IAST (IAST: IAST)

|| The conqueror of all enemies
799 सर्वविज्जयी Template:IAST One who is at once omniscient and victorious
800 सुवर्णबिन्दुः Template:Transl With limbs radiant like gold
801 अक्षोभ्यः Template:IAST One who is ever unruffled
802 सर्ववागीश्वरेश्वरः Template:IAST Lord of the Lord of speech
803 महाहृदः Template:IAST One who is like a great refreshing swimming pool
804 महागर्तः Template:IAST The great chasm
805 महाभूतः Template:IAST The great being
806 महानिधिः Template:IAST The great abode
807 कुमुदः Template:IAST One who gladdens the earth
808 कुन्दरः Template:IAST The one who lifted the earth
809 कुन्दः Template:IAST One who is as attractive as Kunda flowers
810 पर्जन्यः Template:IAST He who is similar to rain-bearing clouds
811 पावनः Template:IAST One who ever purifies
812 अनिलः Template:IAST One who never slips
813 अमृतांशः Template:IAST One whose desires are never fruitless
814 अमृतवपुः Template:IAST He whose form is immortal
815 सर्वज्ञः Template:IAST Omniscient
816 सर्वतोमुखः Template:IAST One who has His face turned everywhere
817 सुलभः Template:IAST One who is readily available
818 सुव्रतः Template:IAST One who has taken the most auspicious forms
819 सिद्धः Template:IAST One who is perfection
820 शत्रुजित् Template:IAST One who is ever victorious over His hosts of enemies
821 शत्रुतापनः Template:IAST The scorcher of enemies
822 न्यग्रोधः Template:IAST The one who veils Himself with Maya
823 उदुम्बरः Template:IAST Nourishment of all living creatures
824 अश्वत्थः Template:IAST Tree of life
825 चाणूरान्ध्रनिषूदनः Template:IAST The slayer of Canura
826 सहस्रार्चिः Template:IAST He who has thousands of rays
827 सप्तजिह्वः Template:IAST He who expresses himself as the seven tongues of fire (Types of agni)
828 सप्तैधाः Template:IAST The seven effulgences in the flames
829 सप्तवाहनः Template:IAST One who has a vehicle of seven horses (sun)
830 अमूर्तिः Template:IAST Formless
831 अनघः Template:IAST Sinless
832 अचिन्त्यः Template:IAST Inconceivable
833 भयकृत् Template:IAST Giver of fear
834 भयनाशनः Template:IAST Destroyer of fear
835 अणुः Template:IAST The subtlest
836 बृहत् Template:IAST The greatest
837 कृशः Template:IAST Delicate, lean
838 स्थूलः Template:IAST One who is the fattest
839 गुणभृत् Template:IAST One who supports
840 निर्गुणः Template:IAST Without any properties
841 महान् Template:IAST The mighty
842 अधृतः Template:IAST Without support
843 स्वधृतः Template:IAST Self-supported
844 स्वास्यः Template:IAST One who has an effulgent face
845 प्राग्वंशः Template:IAST One who has the most ancient ancestry
846 वंशवर्धनः Template:IAST He who multiplies His family of descendants
847 भारभृत् Template:IAST One who carries the load of the universe
848 कथितः Template:IAST One who is glorified in all scriptures
849 योगी Template:IAST One who can be realised through yoga
850 योगीशः Template:IAST The king of yogis
851 सर्वकामदः Template:IAST One who fulfils all desires of true devotees
852 आश्रमः Template:IAST Haven
853 श्रमणः Template:IAST One who persecutes the worldly people
854 क्षामः Template:IAST One who destroys everything
855 सुपर्णः Template:IAST The golden leaf (Vedas) BG 15.1
856 वायुवाहनः Template:IAST The mover of the winds
857 धनुर्धरः Template:IAST The wielder of the bow
858 धनुर्वेदः Template:IAST One who declared the science of archery
859 दण्डः Template:IAST One who punishes the wicked
860 दमयिता Template:IAST The controller
861 दमः Template:IAST Beautitude in the self
862 अपराजितः Template:IAST One who cannot be defeated
863 सर्वसहः Template:IAST One who carries the entire Universe
864 अनियन्ता Template:IAST One who has no controller
865 नियमः Template:IAST One who is not under anyone's laws
866 अयमः Template:IAST One who knows no death
867 सत्त्ववान् Template:IAST One who is full of exploits and courage
868 सात्त्विकः Template:IAST One who is full of sattvic qualities
869 सत्यः Template:IAST Truth
870 सत्यधर्मपराक्रमः Template:IAST One who is the very abode of truth and dharma
871 अभिप्रायः Template:IAST One who is faced by all seekers marching to the infinite
872 प्रियार्हः Template:IAST One who deserves all our love
873 अर्हः Template:IAST One who deserves to be worshiped
874 प्रियकृत् Template:IAST One who is ever-obliging in fulfilling our wishes
875 प्रीतिवर्धनः Template:IAST One who increases joy in the devotee's heart
876 विहायसगतिः Template:IAST One who travels in space
877 ज्योतिः Template:IAST Self-effulgent
878 सुरुचिः Template:IAST Whose desire manifests as the universe
879 हुतभुक् Template:IAST One who enjoys all that is offered in yajna
880 विभुः Template:IAST All-pervading
881 रविः Template:IAST One who dries up everything
882 विरोचनः Template:IAST One who shines in different forms
883 सूर्यः Template:IAST The one source from where everything is born
884 सविता Template:IAST The one who brings forth the Universe from Himself
885 रविलोचनः Template:IAST One whose eye is the sun
886 अनन्तः Template:IAST Endless
887 हुतभुक् Template:IAST One who accepts oblations
888 भोक्ता Template:IAST One who enjoys
889 सुखदः Template:IAST Giver of bliss to those who are liberated
890 नैकजः Template:IAST One who is born many times
891 अग्रजः Template:IAST The first amongst eternal [ Pradhana Purusha ]. Agra means first and ajah means never born. Both individual souls and Vishnu are eternal but Ishvara is Pradhana Taatva. Hence the word agra.
892 अनिर्विण्णः Template:IAST One who feels no disappointment
893 सदामर्षी Template:IAST One who forgives the trespasses of His devotees
894 लोकाधिष्ठानम् Template:IAST The substratum of the universe
895 अद्भुतः Template:IAST Wonderful
896 सनात् Template:IAST The beginningless and endless factor
897 सनातनतमः Template:IAST The most ancient
898 कपिलः Template:IAST The great sage Kapila
899 कपिः Template:IAST One who drinks water
900 अव्ययः Template:IAST The one in whom the universe merges
901 स्वस्तिदः Template:IAST Giver of Svasti
902 स्वस्तिकृत् Template:IAST One who robs all auspiciousness
903 स्वस्ति Template:IAST One who is the source of all auspiciouness
904 स्वस्तिभुक् Template:IAST One who constantly enjoys auspiciousness
905 स्वस्तिदक्षिणः Template:IAST Distributor of auspiciousness
906 अरौद्रः Template:IAST One who has no negative emotions or urges
907 कुण्डली Template:IAST One who wears shark earrings
908 चक्री Template:IAST Holder of the chakra
909 विक्रमी Template:IAST The most daring
910 ऊर्जितशासनः Template:IAST One who commands with His hand
911 शब्दातिगः Template:IAST One who transcends all words
912 शब्दसहः Template:IAST One who allows Himself to be invoked by Vedic declarations
913 शिशिरः Template:IAST The cold season, winter
914 शर्वरीकरः Template:IAST Creator of darkness
915 अक्रूरः Template:IAST Never cruel
916 पेशलः Template:IAST One who is supremely soft
917 दक्षः Template:IAST Prompt
918 दक्षिणः Template:IAST The most liberal
919 क्षमिणांवरः Template:IAST One who has the greatest amount of patience with sinners
920 विद्वत्तमः Template:IAST One who has the greatest wisdom
921 वीतभयः Template:IAST One with no fear
922 पुण्यश्रवणकीर्तनः Template:IAST The hearing of whose glory causes holiness to grow
923 उत्तारणः Template:IAST One who lifts us out of the ocean of change
924 दुष्कृतिहा Template:IAST Destroyer of bad actions
925 पुण्यः Template:IAST Supremely pure
926 दुःस्वप्ननाशनः Template:IAST One who destroys all bad dreams
927 वीरहा Template:IAST One who ends the passage from womb to womb
928 रक्षणः Template:IAST Protector of the universe
929 सन्तः Template:IAST One who is expressed through saintly men
930 जीवनः Template:IAST The life spark in all creatures
931 पर्यवस्थितः Template:IAST One who dwells everywhere
932 अनन्तरूपः Template:IAST One of infinite forms
933 अनन्तश्रीः Template:IAST Full of infinite glories
934 जितमन्युः Template:IAST One who has no anger
935 भयापहः Template:IAST One who destroys all fears
936 चतुरश्रः Template:IAST One who deals squarely
937 गभीरात्मा Template:IAST Too deep to be fathomed
938 विदिशः Template:IAST One who is unique in His giving
939 व्यादिशः Template:IAST One who is unique in His commanding power
940 दिशः Template:IAST One who advises and gives knowledge
941 अनादिः Template:IAST One who is the first cause
942 भूर्भूवः Template:IAST The substratum of the earth
943 लक्ष्मीः Template:IAST The glory of the universe
944 सुवीरः Template:IAST One who moves through various ways
945 रुचिरांगदः Template:IAST One who wears resplendent shoulder caps
946 जननः Template:IAST He who delivers all living creatures
947 जनजन्मादिः Template:IAST The cause of the birth of all creatures
948 भीमः Template:IAST Terrible form
949 भीमपराक्रमः Template:IAST One whose prowess is fearful to His enemies
950 आधारनिलयः Template:IAST The fundamental sustainer
951 अधाता Template:IAST Above whom there is no other to command
952 पुष्पहासः Template:IAST He who shines like an opening flower
953 प्रजागरः Template:IAST Ever-awakened
954 ऊर्ध्वगः Template:IAST One who is on top of everything
955 सत्पथाचारः Template:IAST One who walks the path of truth
956 प्राणदः Template:IAST Giver of life
957 प्रणवः Template:IAST Omkara
958 पणः Template:IAST The supreme universal manager
959 प्रमाणम् Template:IAST He whose form is the Vedas
960 प्राणनिलयः Template:IAST He in whom all prana is established
961 प्राणभृत् Template:IAST He who rules over all pranas
962 प्राणजीवनः Template:IAST He who maintains the life-breath in all living creatures
963 तत्त्वम् Template:IAST The reality
964 तत्त्वविद् Template:IAST One who has realised the reality
965 एकात्मा Template:IAST The one self
966 जन्ममृत्युजरातिगः Template:IAST One who knows no birth, death or old age in Himself
967 भूर्भुवःस्वस्तरुः Template:IAST The tree of the three worlds (bhoo=terrestrial, svah=celestial and bhuvah=the world in between)
968 तारः Template:IAST One who helps all to cross over
969 सविताः Template:IAST The father of all
970 प्रपितामहः Template:IAST The father of the father of beings (Brahma)
971 यज्ञः Template:IAST One whose very nature is yajna
972 यज्ञपतिः Template:IAST The Lord of all yajnas
973 यज्वा Template:IAST The one who performs yajna
974 यज्ञांगः Template:IAST One whose limbs are the things employed in yajna
975 यज्ञवाहनः Template:IAST One who fulfils yajnas in complete
976 यज्ञभृद् Template:IAST The ruler of the yajanas
977 यज्ञकृत् Template:IAST One who performs yajna
978 यज्ञी Template:IAST Enjoyer of yajnas
979 यज्ञभुक् Template:IAST Receiver of all that is offered
980 यज्ञसाधनः Template:IAST One who fulfils all yajnas
981 यज्ञान्तकृत् Template:IAST One who performs the concluding act of the yajna
982 यज्ञगुह्यम् Template:IAST The person to be realised by yajna
983 अन्नम् Template:IAST One who is food
984 अन्नादः Template:IAST One who eats the food
985 आत्मयोनिः Template:IAST The uncaused cause
986 स्वयंजातः Template:IAST Self-born
987 वैखानः Template:IAST The one who cut through the earth
988 सामगायनः Template:IAST One who sings the sama songs; one who loves hearing saama chants;
989 देवकीनन्दनः Template:IAST Son of Devaki
990 स्रष्टा Template:IAST Creator
991 क्षितीशः Template:IAST The Lord of the earth
992 पापनाशनः Template:IAST Destroyer of sin
993 शंखभृत् Template:IAST One who has the divine Pancajanya
994 नन्दकी Template:IAST One who holds the Nandaka sword
995 चक्री Template:IAST Carrier of Sudarshana chakra
996 शार्ङ्गधन्वा Template:IAST One who aims His shaarnga bow
997 गदाधरः Template:IAST Carrier of Kaumodaki club
998 रथांगपाणिः Template:IAST One who has the wheel of a chariot as His weapon; One with the strings of the chariot in his hands;
999 अक्षोभ्यः Template:IAST One who cannot be annoyed by anyone
1000 सर्वप्रहरणायुधः Template:IAST He who has all implements for all kinds of assault and fight

Mentions, Quotes and Commentaries[edit | edit source]

Mentions[edit | edit source]

  • Adi Shankara of Advaita Vedanta in Verse 27 of Bhaja Govindam,[28] said that the Gita and Vishnusahasranama should be chanted and the form of the Lord of Lakshmi, Vishnu should always be meditated on. He also said that the Sahasranama bestowed all noble virtues on those who chanted it.[29]
  • Parasara Bhattar, a follower of Ramanujacharya had said that Vishnusahasranama absolves people of all sins and has no equal[29]
  • Madhvacharya, propounder of Dvaita philosophy, said that the Sahasranama was the essence of the Mahabharata, which in turn was the essence of the Sastras and that each word of the Sahasranama had 100 meanings.[29]
  • Swaminarayan, founder of the Hindu Swaminarayan faith, said in verse 118 of the scripture, Shikshapatri, that one should "either recite or have the 10th canto,(of Bhagavata Purana ) and also other holy scriptures like the "Vishnusahasranama" recited at a holy place according to one's capacity. "The recital is such that it gives fruits according to whatever is desired."[30]
  • Swaminarayan also said in verses 93–96, "I have the highest esteem for these eight holy scriptures: 1-4)the four Vedas, 5) the Vyas-Sutra,(i.e., Brahma Sutras, 6) the Shrimad Bhagavatam, 7) Shri Vishnusahasranama in the Mahabharata, and 8) the Yajnavalkya Smrti which is at the center of the Dharma Scriptures; and all My disciples who wish to prosper should listen to these eight holy scriptures, and the brahmanas under my shelter should learn and teach these holy scriptures, and read them to others."
  • Swami Sivananda, in his twenty important spiritual instructions, stated that the Vishnusahasranama, along with other religious texts, should be studied systematically.[31]

Quotes[edit | edit source]

  • Sri N. Krishnamachari, a Vaishnavite scholar, at Stephen Knapp's website, quoting Vaishnavite scholars, states that there are six reasons for the greatness of Vishnusahasranama:

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sri rama rama rameti rame rame manorame
  sahasranama tat tulyam rama nama varanane

This translates to:

O Varanana (lovely-faced lady), I chant the holy name of Rama, Rama, Rama and thus constantly enjoy this beautiful sound. This holy name of Sri Rama is equal to one thousand holy names of Lord Vishnu." (Brhad Visnusahasranamastotra, Uttara-khanda, Padma Purana 72.335)

sahasra-namnam punyanam, trir-avrttya tu yat phalam
  ekavrttya tu krsnasya, namaikam tat prayacchati

This translates to:

"The pious results (punya) achieved by chanting the thousand holy names of Vishnu (Vishnusahasranama-Stotram) three times can be attained by only one utterance of the holy name of Krishna."

yo mam nama sahasrena stotum icchati pandava
sohamekena slokena stuta eva na samsaya

This translates to:

"Arjuna, One may be desirous of praising by reciting the thousand names. But, on my part, I feel praised by one sloka. There is no doubt about it.”

  • From the oldest scriptural text in Hinduism, the Rig Veda; I.156.3b,[33] it states:

"O ye who wish to gain realization of the Supreme Truth, utter the name of "Vishnu" at least once in the steadfast faith that it will lead you to such realization."

Commentaries[edit | edit source]

The Vishnu Sahasranama has been the subject of numerous commentaries:

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Notes[edit | edit source]

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Footnotes[edit | edit source]

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References[edit | edit source]

  • Template:Citation. With an English Translation of Sri Sankara Bhagavatpada's Commentary
  • Template:Citation. Sanskrit and English, with an English translation of Sri Sankara Bhagavatpada's commentary.

Further reading[edit | edit source]

  • Sanskrit & Hindi: Sri Vishnu Sahasranama, Gita Press, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh 273005, India
  • Sanskrit & English: The Thousand Names of Vishnu and the Satyanarayana Vrat, translated by Swami Satyananda Saraswati, Devi Mandir, Napa.

Other translations:

  • Sanskrit & Gujarati: Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram; translated by Shri Yogeshwarji, India @ www.swargarohan.org
  • Sanskrit & English: Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram; translated by Swami Vimalananda, Sri Ramakrishna Tapovanam, Tiruchirapalli, India, 1985

External links[edit | edit source]

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