Whenever evil tries to overcome righteousness, a divine strength in someway or the other protects the ‘Wheel Of Dharma’. Protector of mankind Vishnu, has thousand names. So, before I end my writing for today, let me inscribe the thousand names of Vishnu in this missive. The names are as follows:
Name | Meaning |
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Somapah | One who takes Soma in the yajnas |
Amritapah | One who drinks the nectar |
Somah | One who as the moon nourishes plants |
Purujit | One who has conquered numerous enemies |
Purusattamah | The greatest of the great |
Vinayah | He who humiliates those who are unrighteous |
Jayah | The victorious |
Satyasandhah | Of truthful resolution |
Daashaarhah | One who was born in the Dasarha race |
Saatvataam-patih | The Lord of the Satvatas |
Jeevah | One who functions as the ksetrajna |
Vinayitaa-saakshee | The witness of modesty |
Mukundah | Of immeasurable prowess |
Ambho-nidhir | The substratum of the four types of beings |
Anantaatmaa | The infinite self |
Mahodadhishayah | One who rests on the great ocean |
Antakah | The death |
Ajah | Unborn |
Mahaarhah | One who deserves the highest worship |
Svaabhaavyah | Ever rooted in the nature of His own self |
Jitaamitrah | One who has conquered all enemies |
Pramodanah | Ever-blissful |
Aanandah | A mass of pure bliss |
Nandanah | One who makes others blissful |
Nandah | Free from all worldly pleasures |
Satyadharmaa | One who has in Himself all true dharmas |
Trivikramah | One who took three steps |
Maharshih kapilaachaaryah | He who incarnated as Kapila, the great sage |
Kritajnah | The knower of the creation |
Medineepatih | The Lord of the earth |
Tripadah | One who has taken three steps |
Tridashaadhyaksho | The Lord of the three states of consciousness |
Mahaashringah | Great-horned (Matsya) |
Kritaantakrit | Destroyer of the creation |
Mahaavaraaho | The great boar |
Govindah | One who is known through Vedanta |
Sushenah | He who has a charming army |
Kanakaangadee | Wearer of bright-as-gold armlets |
Guhyo | The mysterious |
Gabheerah | The unfathomable |
Gahano | Impenetrable |
Guptah | The well-concealed |
Chakra-gadaadharah | Bearer of the disc and mace |
Vedhaah | Creator of the universe |
Svaangah | One with well-proportioned limbs |
Ajitah | Vanquished by none |
Krishnah | Dark-complexioned |
Dridhah | The firm |
Sankarshanochyutah | He who absorbs the whole creation into His nature and never falls away from that nature |
Varunah | One who sets on the horizon (Sun) |
Name | Meaning |
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Vaarunah | The son of Varuna (Vasistha or Agastya) |
Vrikshah | The tree |
Pushkaraakshah | Lotus eyed |
Mahaamanaah | Great-minded |
Bhagavaan | One who possesses six opulences |
Bhagahaa | One who destroys the six opulences during pralaya |
Aanandee | One who gives delight |
Vanamaalee | One who wears a garland of forest flowers |
Halaayudhah | One who has a plough as His weapon |
Aadityah | Son of Aditi |
Jyotiraadityah | The resplendence of the sun |
Sahishnuh | One who calmly endures duality |
Gatisattamah | The ultimate refuge for all devotees |
Sudhanvaa | One who has Shaarnga |
Khanda-parashur | One who holds an axe |
Daarunah | Merciless towards the unrighteous |
Dravinapradah | One who lavishly gives wealth |
Divah-sprik | Sky-reaching |
Sarvadrik-vyaaso | One who creates many men of wisdom |
Vaachaspatir-ayonijah | One who is the master of all vidyas and who is unborn through a womb |
Trisaamaa | One who is glorified by Devas, Vratas and Saamans |
Saamagah | The singer of the sama songs |
Saama | The Sama Veda |
Nirvaanam | All-bliss |
Bheshajam | Medicine |
Bhishak | Physician |
Samnyaasa-krit | Institutor of sannyasa |
Samah | Calm |
Shaantah | Peaceful within |
Nishthaa | Abode of all beings |
Shaantih | One whose very nature is peace |
Paraayanam | The way to liberation |
Shubhaangah | One who has the most beautiful form |
Shaantidah | Giver of peace |
Shrashtaa | Creator of all beings |
Kumudah | He who delights in the earth |
Kuvaleshayah | He who reclines in the waters |
Gohitah | One who does welfare for cows |
Gopatih | Husband of the earth |
Goptaa | Protector of the universe |
Vrishabhaaksho | One whose eyes rain fulfilment of desires |
Vrishapriyah | One who delights in dharma |
Anivartee | One who never retreats |
Nivrittaatmaa | One who is fully restrained from all sense indulgences |
Samksheptaa | The involver |
Kshemakrit | Doer of good |
Shivah | Auspiciousness |
Shreevatsa-vakshaah | One who has sreevatsa on His chest |
Shrevaasah | Abode of Sree |
Shreepatih | Lord of Laksmi |