Saturday, December 7, 2024

1008 Names of Vishnu

1) vishvam:

He who is the universe, the virat-purusha


2) vishnuh:

He who pervades everywhere


3) vashatkaarah:

He who is invoked for oblations


4) bhoota-bhavya-bhavat-prabhuh:

The Lord of past, present and future


5) bhoota-krit:

The creator of all creatures


6) bhoota-bhrit:

He who nourishes all creatures


7) bhaavo:

He who becomes all moving and nonmoving things


8) bhootaatmaa:

The aatman of all beings


9) bhoota-bhaavanah:

The cause of the growth and birth of all creatures


10) pootaatmaa:

He with an extremely pure essence


11) paramaatmaa:

The Supersoul


12) muktaanaam paramaa gatih:

The final goal, reached by liberated souls


13) avyayah:

Without destruction


14) purushah:

He who dwells in the city of nine gates


15) saakshee:

The witness


16) kshetrajnah:

The knower of the field


17) akshara:

Indestructible


18) yogah:

He who is realized through yoga


19) yoga-vidaam netaa:

The guide of those who know yoga


20) pradhaana-purusheshvarah:

Lord of pradhaana and purusha


21) naarasimha-vapuh:

He whose form is man-lion


22) shreemaan:

He who is always with shree


23) keshavah:

He who has beautiful locks of hair


24) purushottamah:

The Supreme Controller


25) sarvah:

He who is everything


26) sharvas:

The auspicious


27) shivah:

He who is eternally pure


28) sthaanuh:

The pillar, the immovable truth


29) bhootaadih:

The cause of the five great elements


30) nidhir-avyayah:

The imperishable treasure


31) sambhavah:

He who descends of His own free will


32) bhaavanah:

He who gives everything to his devotees


33) bhartaa:

He who governs the entire living world


34) prabhavah:

The womb of the five great elements


35) prabhuh:

The Almighty Lord


36) eeshvarah:

He who can do anything without any help


37) svayambhooh:

He who manifests from Himself


38) shambhuh:

He who brings auspiciousness


39) aadityah:

The son of Aditi (Vaamana)


40) pushkaraakshah:

He who has eyes like the lotus


41) mahaasvanah:

He who has a thundering voice


42) anaadi-nidhanah:

He without origin or end


43) dhaataa:

He who supports all fields of experience


44) vidhaataa:

The dispenser of fruits of action


45) dhaaturuttamah:

The subtlest atom


46) aprameyah:

He who cannot be perceived


47) hrisheekeshah:

The Lord of the senses


48) padmanaabhah:

He from whose navel comes the lotus


49) amaraprabhuh:

The Lord of the devas


50) vishvakarmaa:

The creator of the universe


51) manuh:

He who has manifested as the Vedic mantras


52) tvashtaa:

He who makes huge things small


53) sthavishtah:

The supremely gross


54) sthaviro dhruvah:

The ancient, motionless one


55) agraahyah:

He who is not perceived sensually


56) shaashvatah:

He who always remains the same


57) krishno:

He whose complexion is dark


58) lohitaakshah:

Red-eyed


59) pratardanah:

The Supreme destruction


60) prabhootas:

Ever-full


61) trikakub-dhaama:

The support of the three quarters


62) pavitram:

He who gives purity to the heart


63) mangalam param:

The Supreme auspiciousness


64) eeshanah:

The controller of the five great elements


65) praanadah:

He who gives life


66) praano:

He who ever lives


67) jyeshthah:

Older than all


68) shreshthah:

The most glorious


69) prajaapatih:

The Lord of all creatures


70) hiranyagarbhah:

He who dwells in the womb of the world


71) bhoogarbhah:

He who is the womb of the world


72) maadhavah:

Husband of Lakshmi


73) madhusoodanah:

Destroyer of the Madhu demon


74) eeshvarah:

The contoller


75) vikramee:

He who is full of prowess


76) dhanvee:

He who always has a divine bow


77) medhaavee:

Supremely intelligent


78) vikramah:

He who stepped (Vaamana)


79) kramah:

All-pervading


80) anuttamah:

Incomparably great


81) duraadharshah:

He who cannot be attacked successfully


82) kritajnah:

He who knows all that is


83) kritih:

He who rewards all our actions


84) aatmavaan:

The self in all beings


85) sureshah:

The Lord of the demigods


86) sharanam:

The refuge


87) sharma:

He who is Himself infinite bliss


88) visva-retaah:

The seed of the universe


89) prajaa-bhavah:

He from whom all praja comes


90) ahah:

He who is the nature of time


91) samvatsarah:

He from whom the concept of time comes


92) vyaalah:

The serpent (vyaalah) to athiests


93) pratyayah:

He whose nature is knowledge


94) sarvadarshanah:

All-seeing


95) ajah:

Unborn


96) sarveshvarah:

Controller of all


97) siddhah:

The most famous


98) siddhih:

He who gives moksha


99) sarvaadih:

The beginning of all


100) achyutah:

Infallible


101) vrishaakapih:

He who lifts the world to dharma


102) ameyaatmaa:

He who manifests in infinite varieties


103) sarva-yoga-vinissritah:

He who is free from all attachments


104) vasuh:

The support of all elements


105) vasumanaah:

He whose mind is supremely pure


106) satyah:

The truth


107) samaatmaa:

He who is the same in all


108) sammitah:

He who has been accepted by authorities


109) samah:

Equal


110) amoghah:

Ever useful


111) pundareekaakshah:

He who dwells in the heart


112) vrishakarmaa:

He whose every act is righteous


113) vrishaakritih:

The form of dharma


114) rudrah:

He who makes all people weep


115) bahu-shiraah:

He who has many heads


116) babhrur:

He who rules over all the worlds


117) vishvayonih:

The womb of the universe


118) shuchi-shravaah:

He who has beautiful, sacred names


119) amritah:

Immortal


120) shaashvatah-sthaanur:

Permanent and immovable


121) varaaroho:

The most glorious destination


122) mahaatapaah:

He of great tapas


123) sarvagah:

All-pervading


124) sarvavid-bhaanuh:

All-knowing and effulgent


125) vishvaksenah:

He against whom no army can stand


126) janaardanah:

He who gives joy to good people


127) vedah:

He who is the Vedas


128) vedavid:

The knower of the Vedas


129) avyangah:

Without imperfections


130) vedaangah:

He whose limbs are the Vedas


131) vedavit:

He who contemplates upon the Vedas


132) kavih:

The seer


133) lokaadhyakshah:

He who presides over all lokas


134) suraadhyaksho:

He who presides over all devas


135) dharmaadhyakshah:

He who presides over dharma


136) krita-akritah:

All that is created and not created


137) chaturaatmaa:

The four-fold self


138) chaturvyoohah:

Vasudeva, Sankarshan etc


139) chaturdamstrah:

He who has four canines (Nrsimha)


140) chaturbhujah:

Four-handed


141) bhraajishnur:

Self-effulgent consciousness


142) bhojanam:

He who is the sense-objects


143) bhoktaa:

The enjoyer


144) sahishnuh:

He who can suffer patiently


145) jagadaadijah:

Born at the beginning of the world


146) anaghah:

Sinless


147) vijayah:

Victorious


148) jetaa:

Ever-successful


149) vishvayonih:

He who incarnates because of the world


150) punarvasuh:

He who lives repeatedly in different bodies


151) upendrah:

The younger brother of Indra (vaamana)


152) vaamanah:

He with a dwarf body


153) praamshuh:

He with a huge body


154) amoghah:

He whose acts are for a great purpose


155) shuchih:

He who is spotlessly clean


156) oorjitah:

He who has infinite vitality


157) ateendrah:

He who surpasses Indra


158) samgrahah:

He who holds everything together


159) sargah:

He who creates the world from Himself


160) dhritaatmaa:

Established in Himself


161) niyamo:

The appointing authority


162) yamah:

The administrator


163) vedyah:

That which is to be known


164) vaidyah:

The Supreme doctor


165) sadaa-yogee:

Always in yoga


166) veerahaa:

He who destroys the mighty heroes


167) maadhavo:

The Lord of all knowledge


168) madhuh:

Sweet


169) ateendriyo:

Beyond the sense organs


170) mahaamayo:

The Supreme Master of all Maayaa


171) mahotsaaho:

The great enthusiast


172) mahaabalah:

He who has supreme strength


173) mahaabuddhir:

He who has supreme intelligence


174) mahaa-veeryah:

The supreme essence


175) mahaa-shaktih:

All-powerful


176) mahaa-dyutih:

Greatly luminous


177) anirdeshya-vapuh:

He whose form is indescribable


178) shreemaan:

He who is always courted by glories


179) ameyaatmaa:

He whose essence is immeasurable


180) mahaadri-dhrik:

He who supports the great mountain


181) maheshvaasah:

He who wields shaarnga


182) maheebhartaa:

The husband of mother earth


183) shreenivaasah:

The permanent abode of Shree


184) sataam gatih:

The goal for all virtuous people


185) aniruddhah:

He who cannot be obstructed


186) suraanando:

He who gives out happiness


187) govindah:

The protector of the cows


188) govidaam-patih:

The Lord of all men of wisdom


189) mareechih:

Effulgence


190) damanah:

He who controls rakshasas


191) hamsah:

The swan


192) suparnah:

Beautiful-winged (Two birds analogy)


193) bhujagottamah:

The serpent Ananta


194) hiranyanaabhah:

He who has a golden navel


195) sutapaah:

He who has glorious tapas


196) padmanaabhah:

He whose navel is like a lotus


197) prajaapatih:

He from whom all creatures emerge


198) amrityuh:

He who knows no death


199) sarva-drik:

The seer of everything


200) simhah:

He who destroys


201) sandhaataa:

The regulator


202) sandhimaan:

He who seems to be conditioned


203) sthirah:

Steady


204) ajah:

He who takes the form of Aja, Brahma


205) durmarshanah:

He who cannot be vanquished


206) shaastaa:

He who rules over the universe


207) visrutaatmaa:

He who is called atma in the Vedas


208) suraarihaa:

Destroyer of the enemies of the devas


209) guruh:

The teacher


210) gurutamah:

The greatest teacher


211) dhaama:

The goal


212) satyah:

He who is Himself the truth


213) satya-paraakramah:

Dynamic Truth


214) nimishah:

He who has closed eyes in contemplation


215) animishah:

He who remains unwinking; ever knowing


216) sragvee:

He who always wears a garland of undecaying flowers


217) vaachaspatir-udaara-dheeh:

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


218) agraneeh:

He who guides us to the peak


219) graamaneeh:

He who leads the flock


220) shreemaan:

The possessor of light, effulgence, glory


221) nyaayah:

Justice


222) netaa:

The leader


223) sameeranah:

He who sufficiently administers all movements of all living creatures


224) sahasra-moordhaa:

He who has endless heads


225) vishvaatmaa:

The soul of the universe


226) sahasraakshah:

Thousands of eyes


227) sahasrapaat:

Thousand-footed


228) aavartanah:

The unseen dynamism


229) nivritaatmaa:

The soul retreated from matter


230) samvritah:

He who is vieled from the jiva


231) sam-pramardanah:

He who persecutes evil men


232) ahassamvartakah:

He who thrills the day and makes it function vigorously


233) vahnih:

Fire


234) anilah:

Air


235) dharaneedharah:

He who supports the earth


236) suprasaadah:

Fully satisfied


237) prasanaatmaa:

Ever pure and all-blissful self


238) vishva-dhrik:

Supporter of the world


239) vishvabhuk:

He who enjoys all experiences


240) vibhuh:

He who manifests in endless forms


241) satkartaa:

He who adores good and wise people


242) satkritah:

He who is adored by all good people


243) saadhur:

He who lives by the righteous codes


244) jahnuh:

Leader of men


245) naaraayanah:

He who resides on the waters


246) narah:

The guide


247) asankhyeyah:

He who has numberlesss names and forms


248) aprameyaatmaa:

A soul not known through the pramanas


249) vishishtah:

He who transcends all in His glory


250) shishta-krit:

The law-maker


251) shuchih:

He who is pure


252) siddhaarthah:

He who has all arthas


253) siddhasankalpah:

He who gets all He wishes for


254) siddhidah:

The giver of benedictions


255) siddhisaadhanah:

The power behind our sadhana


256) vrishaahee:

Controller of all actions


257) vrishabhah:

He who showers all dharmas


258) vishnuh:

Long-striding


259) vrishaparvaa:

The ladder leading to dharma (As well as dharma itself)


260) vrishodarah:

He from whose belly life showers forth


261) vardhanah:

The nurturer and nourisher


262) vardhamaanah:

He who can grow into any dimension


263) viviktah:

Separate


264) shruti-saagarah:

The ocean for all scripture


265) subhujah:

He who has graceful arms


266) durdurdharah:

He who cannot be known by great yogis 267) vaagmee: He who is eloquent in speech


268) mahendrah:

The lord of Indra


269) vasudah:

He who gives all wealth


270) vasuh:

He who is Wealth


271) naika-roopo:

He who has unlimited forms


272) brihad-roopah:

Vast, of infinite dimensions


273) shipivishtah:

The presiding deity of the sun


274) prakaashanah:

He who illuminates


275) ojas-tejo-dyutidharah:

The possessor of vitality, effulgence and beauty


276) prakaashaatmaa:

The effulgent self


277) prataapanah:

Thermal energy; one who heats


278) riddhah:

Full of prosperity


279) spashtaaksharo:

One who is indicated by OM


280) mantrah:

The nature of the Vedic mantras


281) chandraamshuh:

The rays of the moon


282) bhaaskara-dyutih:

The effulgence of the sun


283) amritaamsoodbhavo:

The moon who gives flavor to vegetables


284) bhaanuh:

Self-effulgent


285) shashabindhuh:

The moon who has a rabbit-like spot


286) sureshvarah:

A person of extreme charity


287) aushadham:

Medicine


288) jagatas-setuh:

A bridge across the material energy


289) satya-dharma-paraakramah:

One who champions heroically for truth and righteousness


290) bhoota-bhavya-bhavan-naathah:

The Lord of past, present and future


291) pavanah:

The air that fills the universe


292) paavanah:

He who gives life-sustaining power to air


293) analah:

Fire


294) kaamahaa:

He who destroys all desires


295) kaamakrit:

He who fulfills all desires


296) kaantah:

He who is of enchanting form


297) kaamah:

The beloved


298) kaamapradah:

He who supplies desired objects


299) prabhuh:

The Lord


300) yugaadi-krit:

The creator of the yugas


301) yugaavartah

The law behind time


302) naikamaayah:

He whose forms are endless and varied


303) mahaashanah:

He who eats up everything


304) adrishyah:

Imperceptible


305) vyaktaroopah:

He who is perceptible to the yogi


306) sahasrajit:

He who vanquishes thousands


307) anantajit:

Ever-victorious


308) ishtah:

He who is invoked through Vedic rituals


309) visishtah:

The noblest and most sacred


310) sishteshtah:

The greatest beloved


311) shikhandee:

He who wears a peacock feather


312) nahushah:

He who binds all with maya


313) vrishah:

He who is dharma


314) krodhahaa:

He who destroys anger


315) krodhakrit-kartaa:

He who generates anger against the lower tendency


316) visvabaahuh:

He whose hand is in everything


317) maheedharah:

The support of the earth


318) achyutah:

He who undergoes no changes


319) prathitah:

He who exists pervading all


320) praanah:

The prana in all living creatures


321) praanadah:

He who gives prana


322) vaasavaanujah:

The brother of Indra


323) apaam-nidhih:

Treasure of waters (the ocean)


324) adhishthaanam:

The substratum of the entire universe


325) apramattah:

He who never makes a wrong judgement


326) pratishthitah:

He who has no cause


327) skandah:

He whose glory is expressed through Subrahmanya


328) skanda-dharah:

Upholder of withering righteousness


329) dhuryah:

Who carries out creation etc without hitch


330) varadah:

He who fulfills boons


331) vaayuvaahanah:

Controller of winds


332) vaasudevah:

Dwelling in all creatures although not affected by that condition


333) brihat-bhaanuh:

He who illumines the world with the rays of the sun and moon


334) aadidevah:

The primary source of everything


335) purandarah:

Destroyer of cities


336) ashokah:

He who has no sorrow


337) taaranah:

He who enables others to cross


338) taarah:

He who saves


339) shoorah:

The valiant


340) shaurih:

He who incarnated in the dynasty of Shoora


341) janeshvarah:

The Lord of the people


342) anukoolah:

Well-wisher of everyone


343) sataavarttah:

He who takes infinite forms


344) padmee:

He who holds a lotus


345) padmanibhekshanah:

Lotus-eyed


346) padmanaabhah:

He who has a lotus-navel


347) aravindaakshah:

He who has eyes as beautiful as the lotus


348) padmagarbhah:

He who is being meditated upon in the lotus of the heart


349) shareerabhrit:

He who sustains all bodies


350) maharddhi:

One who has great prosperity


351) riddhah:

He who has expanded Himself as the universe


352) Vriddhaatmaa:

The ancient self


353) mahaakshah:

The great-eyed


354) garudadhvajah:

One who has Garuda on His flag


355) atulah:

Incomparable


356) sharabhah:

One who dwells and shines forth through the bodies


357) bheemah:

The terrible


358) samayajnah:

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


359) havirharih:

The receiver of all oblation


360) sarva-lakshana-lakshanyah:

Known through all proofs


361) lakshmeevaan:

The consort of Laksmi


362) samitinjayah:

Ever-victorious


363) viksharah:

Imperishable


364) rohitah:

The fish incarnation


365) maargah:

The path


366) hetuh:

The cause


367) daamodarah:

Whose stomach is marked with three lines


368) sahah:

All-enduring


369) maheedharah:

The bearer of the earth


370) mahaabhaago:

He who gets the greates share in every Yajna


371) vegavaan:

He who is swift


372) amitaashanah:

Of endless appetite


373) udbhavah:

The originator


374) kshobhanah:

The agitator


375) devah:

He who revels


376) shreegarbhah:

He in whom are all glories


377) parameshvarah:

The Supreme Lord


378) karanam:

The instrument


379) kaaranam:

The cause


380) kartaa:

The doer


381) vikartaa:

Creator of the endless varieties that make up the universe


382) gahanah:

The unknowable


383) guhah:

He who dwells in the cave of the heart


384) vyavasaayah:

Resolute


385) vyavasthaanah:

The substratum


386) samsthaanah:

The ultimate authority


387) sthaanadah:

He who confers the right abode


388) dhruvah:

The changeless in the midst of changes


389) pararddhih:

He who has supreme manifestations


390) paramaspashtah:

The extremely vivid


391) tushtah:

One who is contented with a very simple offering


392) pushtah:

One who is ever-full


393) shubhekshanah:

All-auspicious gaze


394) raamah:

One who is most handsome


395) viraamah:

The abode of perfect-rest


396) virajo:

Passionless


397) maargah:

The path


398) neyah:

The guide


399) nayah:

One who leads


400) anayah:

One who has no leader


401) veerah:

The valiant


402) shaktimataam-shresthah:

The best among the powerful


403) dharmah:

The law of being


404) dharmaviduttamah:

The highest among men of realisation


405) vaikunthah:

One who prevents men from straying on wrong paths


406) purushah:

One who dwells in all bodies


407) praanah:

Life


408) praanadah:

Giver of life


409) pranavah:

He who is praised by the gods


410) prituh:

The expanded


411) hiranyagarbhah:

The creator


412) shatrughnah:

The destroyer of enemies


413) vyaaptah:

The pervader


414) vaayuh:

The air


415) adhokshajah:

One whose vitality never flows downwards


416) rituh:

The seasons


417) sudarshanah:

He whose meeting is auspicious


418) kaalah:

He who judges and punishes beings


419) parameshthee:

One who is readily available for experience within the heart


420) parigrahah:

The receiver


421) ugrah:

The terrible


422) samvatsarah:

The year


423) dakshah:

The smart


424) vishraamah:

The resting place


425) vishva-dakshinah:

The most skilful and efficient


426) vistaarah:

The extension


427) sthaavarah-sthaanuh:

The firm and motionless


428) pramaanam:

The proof


429) beejamavyayam:

The Immutable Seed


430) arthah:

He who is worshiped by all


431) anarthah:

One to whom there is nothing yet to be fulfilled


432) mahaakoshah:

He who has got around him great sheaths


433) mahaabhogah:

He who is of the nature of enjoyment


434) mahaadhanah:

He who is supremely rich


435) anirvinnah:

He who has no discontent


436) sthavishthah:

One who is supremely huge


437) a-bhooh:

One who has no birth


438) dharma-yoopah:

The post to which all dharma is tied


439) mahaa-makhah:

The great sacrificer


440) nakshatranemir:

The nave of the stars


441) nakshatree:

The Lord of the stars (the moon)


442) kshamah:

He who is supremely efficient in all undertakings


443) kshaamah:

He who ever remains without any scarcity


444) sameehanah:

One whose desires are auspicious


445) yajnah:

One who is of the nature of yajna


446) ijyah:

He who is fit to be invoked through yajna


447) mahejyah:

One who is to be most worshiped


448) kratuh:

The animal-sacrifice


449) satram:

Protector of the good


450) sataam-gatih:

Refuge of the good


451) sarvadarshee:

All-knower


452) vimuktaatmaa:

The ever-liberated self


453) sarvajno:

Omniscient


454) jnaanamuttamam:

The Supreme Knowledge


455) suvratah:

He who ever-perfoeming the pure vow


456) sumukhah:

One who has a charming face


457) sookshmah:

The subtlest


458) sughoshah:

Of auspicious sound


459) sukhadah:

Giver of happiness


460) suhrit:

Friend of all creatures


461) manoharah:

The stealer of the mind


462) jita-krodhah:

One who has conquered anger


463) veerabaahur:

Having mighty arms


464) vidaaranah:

One who splits asunder


465) svaapanah:

One who puts people to sleep


466) svavashah:

He who has everything under His control


467) vyaapee:

All-pervading


468) naikaatmaa:

Many souled


469) naikakarmakrit:

One who does many actions


470) vatsarah:

The abode


471) vatsalah:

The supremely affectionate


472) vatsee:

The father


473) ratnagarbhah:

The jewel-wombed


474) dhaneshvarah:

The Lord of wealth


475) dharmagub:

One who protects dharma


476) dharmakrit:

One who acts according to dharma


477) dharmee:

The supporter of dharma


478) sat:

existence


479) asat:

illusion


480) ksharam:

He who appears to perish


481) aksharam:

Imperishable


482) avijnaataa:

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


483) sahasraamshur:

The thousand-rayed


484) vidhaataa:

All supporter


485) kritalakshanah:

One who is famous for His qualities


486) gabhastinemih:

The hub of the universal wheel


487) sattvasthah:

Situated in sattva


488) simhah:

The lion


489) bhoota-maheshvarah:

The great lord of beings


490) aadidevah:

The first deity


491) mahaadevah:

The great deity


492) deveshah:

The Lord of all devas


493) devabhrit-guruh:

Advisor of Indra


494) uttarah:

He who lifts us from the ocean of samsara


495) gopatih:

The shepherd


496) goptaa:

The protector


497) jnaanagamyah:

One who is experienced through pure knowledge


498) puraatanah:

He who was even before time


499) shareera-bhootabhrit:

One who nourishes the nature from which the bodies came


500) bhoktaa:

The enjoyer


501) kapeendrah:

Lord of the monkeys (Rama)


502) bhooridakshinah:

He who gives away large gifts


503) somapah:

One who takes Soma in the yajnas


504) amritapah:

One who drinks the nectar


505) somah:

One who as the moon nourishes plants


506) purujit:

One who has conquered numerous enemies


507) purusattamah:

The greatest of the great


508) vinayah:

He who humiliates those who are unrighteous


509) jayah:

The victorious


510) satyasandhah:

Of truthful resolution


511) daashaarhah:

One who was born in the Dasarha race


512) saatvataam-patih:

The Lord of the Satvatas


513) jeevah:

One who functions as the ksetrajna


514) vinayitaa-saakshee:

The witness of modesty


515) mukundah:

The giver of liberation


516) amitavikramah:

Of immeasurable prowess


517) ambho-nidhir:

The substratum of the four types of beings


518) anantaatmaa:

The infinite self


519) mahodadhishayah:

One who rests on the great ocean


520) antakah:

The death


521) ajah:

Unborn


522) mahaarhah:

One who deserves the highest worship


523) svaabhaavyah:

Ever rooted in the nature of His own self


524) jitaamitrah:

One who has conquered all enemies


525) pramodanah:

Ever-blissful


526) aanandah:

A mass of pure bliss


527) nandanah:

One who makes others blissful


528) nandah:

Free from all worldly pleasures


529) satyadharmaa:

One who has in Himself all true dharmas


530) trivikramah:

One who took three steps


531) maharshih kapilaachaaryah:

He who incarnated as Kapila, the great sage


532) kritajnah:

The knower of the creation


533) medineepatih:

The Lord of the earth


534) tripadah:

One who has taken three steps


535) tridashaadhyaksho:

The Lord of the three states of consciousness


536) mahaashringah:

Great-horned (Matsya)


537) kritaantakrit:

Destroyer of the creation


538) mahaavaraaho:

The great boar


539) govindah:

One who is known through Vedanta


540) sushenah:

He who has a charming army


541) kanakaangadee:

Wearer of bright-as-gold armlets


542) guhyo:

The mysterious


543) gabheerah:

The unfathomable


544) gahano:

Impenetrable


545) guptah:

The well-concealed


546) chakra-gadaadharah:

Bearer of the disc and mace


547) vedhaah:

Creator of the universe


548) svaangah:

One with well-proportioned limbs


549) ajitah:

Vanquished by none


550) krishnah:

Dark-complexioned


551) dridhah:

The firm


552) sankarshanochyutah:

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


553) varunah:

One who sets on the horizon (Sun)


554) vaarunah:

The son of Varuna (Vasistha or Agastya)


555) vrikshah:

The tree


556) pushkaraakshah:

Lotus eyed


557) mahaamanaah:

Great-minded


558) bhagavaan:

One who possesses six opulences


559) bhagahaa:

One who destroys the six opulences during pralaya


560) aanandee:

One who gives delight


561) vanamaalee:

One who wears a garland of forest flowers


562) halaayudhah:

One who has a plough as His weapon


563) aadityah:

Son of Aditi


564) jyotiraadityah:

The resplendence of the sun


565) sahishnuh:

One who calmly endures duality


566) gatisattamah:

The ultimate refuge for all devotees


567) sudhanvaa:

One who has Shaarnga


568) khanda-parashur:

One who holds an axe


569) daarunah:

Merciless towards the unrighteous


570) dravinapradah:

One who lavishly gives wealth


571) divah-sprik:

Sky-reaching


572) sarvadrik-vyaaso:

One who creates many men of wisdom


573) vaachaspatir-ayonijah:

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


574) trisaamaa:

One who is glorified by Devas, Vratas and Saamans


575) saamagah:

The singer of the sama songs


576) saama:

The Sama Veda


577) nirvaanam:

All-bliss


578) bheshajam:

Medicine


579) bhishak:

Physician


580) samnyaasa-krit:

Institutor of sannyasa


581) samah:

Calm


582) shaantah:

Peaceful within


583) nishthaa:

Abode of all beings


584) shaantih:

One whose very nature is peace


585) paraayanam:

The way to liberation


586) shubhaangah:

One who has the most beautiful form


587) shaantidah:

Giver of peace


588) shrashtaa:

Creator of all beings


589) kumudah:

He who delights in the earth


590) kuvaleshayah:

He who reclines in the waters


591) gohitah:

One who does welfare for cows


592) gopatih:

Husband of the earth


593) goptaa:

Protector of the universe


594) vrishabhaaksho:

One whose eyes rain fulfilment of desires


595) vrishapriyah:

One who delights in dharma


596) anivartee:

One who never retreats


597) nivrittaatmaa:

One who is fully restrained from all sense indulgences


598) samksheptaa:

The involver


599) kshemakrit:

Doer of good


600) shivah:

Auspiciousness


601) shreevatsa-vakshaah:

One who has sreevatsa on His chest


602) shrevaasah:

Abode of Sree


603) shreepatih:

Lord of Laksmi


604) shreemataam varah:

The best among glorious


605) shreedah:

Giver of opulence


606) shreeshah:

The Lord of Sree


607) shreenivaasah:

One who dwells in the good people


608) shreenidhih:

The treasure of Sree


609) shreevibhaavanah:

Distributor of Sree


610) shreedharah:

Holder of Sree


611) shreekarah:

One who gives Sree


612) shreyah:

Liberation


613) shreemaan:

Possessor of Sree


614) loka-trayaashrayah:

Shelter of the three worlds


615) svakshah:

Beautiful-eyed


616) svangah:

Beautiful-limbed


617) shataanandah:

Of infinite varieties and joys


618) nandih:

Infinite bliss


619) jyotir-ganeshvarah:

Lord of the luminaries in the cosmos


620) vijitaatmaa:

One who has conquered the sense organs


621) vidheyaatmaa:

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


622) sat-keertih:

One of pure fame


623) chinnasamshayah:

One whose doubts are ever at rest


624) udeernah:

The great transcendent


625) sarvatah-chakshuh:

One who has eyes everywhere


626) aneeshah:

One who has none to Lord over Him


627) shaashvata-sthirah:

One who is eternal and stable


628) bhooshayah:

One who rested on the ocean shore (Rama)


629) bhooshanah:

One who adorns the world


630) bhootih:

One who is pure existence


631) vishokah:

Sorrowless


632) shoka-naashanah:

Destroyer of sorrows


633) archishmaan:

The effulgent


634) architah:

One who is constantly worshipped by His devotees


635) kumbhah:

The pot within whom everything is contained


636) vishuddhaatmaa:

One who has the purest soul


637) vishodhanah:

The great purifier


638) anniruddhah:

He who is invincible by any enemy


639) apratirathah:

One who has no enemies to threaten Him


640) pradyumnah:

Very rich


641) amitavikramah:

Of immeasurable prowess


642) kaalanemi-nihaa:

Slayer of Kalanemi


643) veerah:

The heroic victor


644) shauri:

One who always has invincible prowess


645) shoora-janeshvarah:

Lord of the valiant


646) trilokaatmaa:

The self of the three worlds


647) trilokeshah:

The Lord of the three worlds


648) keshavah:

One whose rays illumine the cosmos


649) keshihaa:

Killer of Kesi


650) harih:

The destroyer


651) kaamadevah:

The beloved Lord


652) kaamapaalah:

The fulfiller of desires


653) kaamee:

One who has fulfilled all His desires


654) kaantah:

Of enchanting form


655) kritaagamah:

The author of the agama scriptures


656) anirdeshya-vapuh:

Of Indescribable form


657) vishnuh:

All-pervading


658) veerah:

The courageous


659) anantah:

Endless


660) dhananjayah:

One who gained wealth through conquest


661) brahmanyah:

Protector of Brahman (anything related to Narayana)


662) brahmakrit:

One who acts in Brahman


663) brahmaa:

Creator


664) brahma:

Biggest


665) brahma-vivardhanah:

One who increases the Brahman


666) brahmavid:

One who knows Brahman


667) braahmanah:

One who has realised Brahman


668) brahmee:

One who is with Brahma


669) brahmajno:

One who knows the nature of Brahman


670) braahmana-priyah:

Dear to the brahmanas


671) mahaakramo:

Of great step


672) mahaakarmaa:

One who performs great deeds


673) mahaatejaah:

One of great resplendence


674) mahoragah:

The great serpent


675) mahaakratuh:

The great sacrifice


676) mahaayajvaa:

One who performed great yajnas


677) mahaayajnah:

The great yajna


678) mahaahavih:

The great offering


679) stavyah:

One who is the object of all praise


680) stavapriyah:

One who is invoked through prayer


681) stotram:

The hymn


682) stutih:

The act of praise


683) stotaa:

One who adores or praises


684) ranapriyah:

Lover of battles


685) poornah:

The complete


686) poorayitaa:

The fulfiller


687) punyah:

The truly holy


688) punya-keertir:

Of Holy fame


689) anaamayah:

One who has no diseases


690) manojavah:

Swift as the mind


691) teerthakaro:

The teacher of the tirthas


692) vasuretaah:

He whose essence is golden


693) vasupradah:

The free-giver of wealth


694) vasupradah:

The giver of salvation, the greatest wealth


695) vaasudevo:

The son of Vasudeva


696) vasuh:

The refuge for all


697) vasumanaah:

One who is attentive to everything


698) havih:

The oblation


699) sadgatih:

The goal of good people


700) satkritih:

One who is full of Good actions


701) satta:

One without a second


702) sadbhootih:

One who has rich glories


703) satparaayanah:

The Supreme goal for the good


704) shoorasenah:

One who has heroic and valiant armies


705) yadu-shresthah:

The best among the Yadava clan


706) sannivaasah:

The abode of the good


707) suyaamunah:

One who attended by the people who dwell on the banks of Yamuna


708) bhootaavaaso:

The dwelling place of the elements


709) vaasudevah:

One who envelops the world with Maya


710) sarvaasunilayah:

The abode of all life energies


711) analah:

One of unlimited wealth, power and glory


712) darpahaa:

The destroyer of pride in evil-minded people


713) darpadah:

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


714) driptah:

One whio is drunk with Infinite bliss


715) durdharah:

The object of contemplation


716) athaaparaajitah:

The unvanquished


717) vishvamoortih:

Of the form of the entire Universe


718) mahaamortir:

The great form


719) deeptamoortir:

Of resplendent form


720) a-moortirmaan:

Having no form


721) anekamoortih:

Multi-formed


722) avyaktah:

Unmanifeset


723) shatamoortih:

Of many forms


724) shataananah:

Many-faced


725) ekah:

The one


726) naikah:

The many


727) savah:

The nature of the sacrifice


728) kah:

One who is of the nature of bliss


729) kim:

What (the one to be inquired into)


730) yat:

Which


731) tat:

That


732) padam-anuttamam:

The unequalled state of perfection


733) lokabandhur:

Friend of the world


734) lokanaathah:

Lord of the world


735) maadhavah:

Born in the family of Madhu


736) bhaktavatsalah:

One who loves His devotees


737) suvarna-varnah:

Golden-coloured


738) hemaangah:

One who has limbs of gold


739) varaangah:

With beautiful limbs


740) chandanaangadee:

One who has attractive armlets


741) veerahaa:

Destroyer of valiant heroes


742) vishama:

Unequalled


743) shoonyah:

The void


744) ghritaaseeh:

One who has no need for good wishes


745) acalah:

Non-moving


746) chalah:

Moving


747) amaanee:

Without false vanity


748) maanadah:

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


749) maanyah:

One who is to be honoured


750) lokasvaamee:

Lord of the universe


751) trilokadhrik:

One who is the support of all the three worlds


752) sumedhaa:

One who has pure intelligence


753) medhajah:

Born out of sacrifices


754) dhanyah:

Fortunate


755) satyamedhah:

One whose intelligence never fails


756) dharaadharah:

The sole support of the earth


757) tejovrisho:

One who showers radiance


758) dyutidharah:

One who bears an effulgent form


759) sarva-shastra-bhritaam-varah:

The best among those who wield weapons


760) pragrahah:

Receiver of worship


761) nigrahah:

The killer


762) vyagrah:

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


763) naikashringah:

One who has many horns


764) gadaagrajah:

One who is invoked through mantra


765) chaturmoortih:

Four-formed


766) chaturbaahuh:

Four-handed


767) chaturvyoohah:

One who expresses Himself as the dynamic centre in the four vyoohas


768) chaturgatih:

The ultimate goal of all four varnas and asramas


769) chaturaatmaa:

Clear-minded


770) chaturbhaavas:

The source of the four


771) chatur-vedavid:

Knower of all four vedas


772) ekapaat:

One-footed (BG 10.42)


773) samaavartah:

The efficient turner


774) nivrittaatmaa:

One whose mind is turned away from sense indulgence


775) durjayah:

The invincible


776) duratikramah:

One who is difficult to be disobeyed


777) durlabhah:

One who obtained with effort


778) durgamah:

One who is realised with great effort


779) durgah:

Not easy to storm into


780) duraavaasah:

Not easy to lodge


781) duraarihaa:

Slayer of the asuras


782) shubhaangah:

One with enchanting limbs


783) lokasaarangah:

One who understands the universe


784) sutantuh:

Beautifully expanded


785) tantu-vardhanah:

One who sustains the continuity of the drive for the family


786) indrakarmaa:

One who always performs gloriously auspicious actions


787) mahaakarmaa:

One who accomplishes great acts


788) kritakarmaa:

One who has fulfilled his acts


789) kritaagamah:

Author of the Vedas


790) udbhavah:

The ultimate source


791) sundarah:

Of unrivalled beauty


792) sundah:

Of great mercy


793) ratna-naabhah:

Of beautiful navel


794) sulochanah:

One who has the most enchanting eyes


795) arkah:

One who is in the form of the sun


796) vaajasanah:

The giver of food


797) shringee:

The horned one


798) jayantah:

The conquerer of all enemies


799) sarvavij-jayee:

One who is at once omniscient and victorious


800) suvarna-binduh:

With limbs radiant like gold


801) akshobhyah:

One who is ever unruffled


802) sarva-vaageeshvareshvarah:

Lord of the Lord of speech


803) mahaahradah:

One who is like a great refreshing swimming pool


804) mahaagartah:

The great chasm


805) mahaabhootah:

The great being


806) mahaanidhih:

The great abode


807) kumudah:

One who gladdens the earth


808) kundarah:

The one who lifted the earth


809) kundah:

One who is as attractive as Kunda flowers


810) parjanyah:

He who is similar to rain-bearing clouds


811) paavanah:

One who ever purifies


812) anilah:

One who never slips


813) amritaashah:

One whose desires are never fruitless


814) amritavapuh:

He whose form is immortal


815) sarvajna:

Omniscient


816) sarvato-mukhah:

One who has His face turned everywhere


817) sulabhah:

One who is readily available


818) suvratah:

One who has taken the most auspicious forms


819) siddhah:

One who is perfection


820) shatrujit:

One who is ever victorious over His hosts of enemies


821) shatrutaapanah:

The scorcher of enemies


822) nyagrodhah:

The one who veils Himself with Maya


823) udumbarah:

Nourishment of all living creatures


824) ashvattas:

Tree of life


825) chaanooraandhra-nishoodanah:

The slayer of Canura


826) sahasraarchih:

He who has thousands of rays


827) saptajihvah:

He who expresses himself as the seven tongues of fire (Types of agni)


828) saptaidhaah:

The seven effulgences in the flames


829) saptavaahanah:

One who has a vehicle of seven horses (sun)


830) amoortih:

Formless


831) anaghah:

Sinless


832) acintyo:

Inconceivable


833) bhayakrit:

Giver of fear


834) bhayanaashanah:

Destroyer of fear


835) anuh:

The subtlest


836) brihat:

The greatest


837) krishah:

Delicate, lean


838) sthoolah:

One who is the fattest


839) gunabhrit:

One who supports


840) nirgunah:

Without any properties


841) mahaan:

The mighty


842) adhritah:

Without support


843) svadhritah:

Self-supported


844) svaasyah:

One who has an effulgent face


845) praagvamshah:

One who has the most ancient ancestry


846) vamshavardhanah:

He who multiplies His family of descendents


847) bhaarabhrit:

One who carries the load of the universe


848) kathitah:

One who is glorified in all scriptures


849) yogee:

One who can be realised through yoga


850) yogeeshah:

The king of yogis


851) sarvakaamadah:

One who fulfils all desires of true devotees


852) aashramah:

Haven


853) shramanah:

One who persecutes the worldly people


854) kshaamah:

One who destroys everything


855) suparnah:

The golden leaf (Vedas) BG 15.1


856) vaayuvaahanah:

The mover of the winds


857) dhanurdharah:

The wielder of the bow


858) dhanurvedah:

One who declared the science of archery


859) dandah:

One who punishes the wicked


860) damayitaa:

The controller


861) damah:

Beautitude in the self


862) aparaajitah:

One who cannot be defeated


863) sarvasahah:

One who carries the entire Universe


864) aniyantaa:

One who has no controller


865) niyamah:

One who is not under anyone's laws


866) ayamah:

One who knows no death


867) sattvavaan:

One who is full of exploits and courage


868) saattvikah:

One who is full of sattvic qualities


869) satyah:

Truth


870) satya-dharma-paraayanah:

One who is the very abode of truth and dharma


871) abhipraayah:

One who is faced by all seekers marching to the infinite


872) priyaarhah:

One who deserves all our love


873) arhah:

One who deserves to be worshiped


874) priyakrit:

One who is ever-obliging in fulfilling our wishes


875) preetivardhanah:

One who increases joy in the devotee's heart


876) vihaayasa-gatih:

One who travels in space


877) jyotih:

Self-effulgent


878) suruchih:

Whose desire manifests as the universe


879) hutabhuk:

One who enjoys all that is offered in yajna


880) vibhuh:

All-pervading


881) ravih:

One who dries up everything


882) virochanah:

One who shines in different forms


883) sooryah:

The one source from where everything is born


884) savitaa:

The one who brings forth the Universe from Himself


885) ravilochanah:

One whose eye is the sun


886) anantah:

Endless


887) hutabhuk:

One who accepts oblations


888) bhoktaa:

One who enjoys


889) sukhadah:

Giver of bliss to those who are liberated


890) naikajah:

One who is born many times


891) agrajah:

The first-born


892) anirvinnah:

One who feels no disappointment


893) sadaamarshee:

One who forgives the trespasses of His devotees


894) lokaadhishthaanam:

The substratum of the universe


895) adbhutah:

Wonderful


896) sanaat:

The beginningless and endless factor


897) sanaatanatamah:

The most ancient


898) kapilah:

The great sage Kapila


899) kapih:

One who drinks water


900) apyayah:

The one in whom the universe merges


901) svastidah:

Giver of Svasti


902) svastikrit:

One who robs all auspiciousness


903) svasti:

One who is the source of all auspiciouness


904) svastibhuk:

One who constantly enjoys auspiciousness


905) svastidakshinah:

Distributor of auspiciousness


906) araudrah:

One who has no negative emotions or urges


907) kundalee:

One who wears shark earrings


908) chakree:

Holder of the chakra


909) vikramee:

The most daring


910) oorjita-shaasanah:

One who commands with His hand


911) shabdaatigah:

One who transcends all words


912) shabdasahah:

One who allows Himself to be invoked by Vedic declarations


913) shishirah:

The cold season, winter


914) sharvaree-karah:

Creator of darkness


915) akroorah:

Never cruel


916) peshalah:

One who is supremely soft


917) dakshah:

Prompt


918) dakshinah:

The most liberal


919) kshaminaam-varah:

One who has the greatest amount of patience with sinners


920) vidvattamah:

One who has the greatest wisdom


921) veetabhayah:

One with no fear


922) punya-shravana-keertanah:

The hearing of whose glory causes holiness to grow


923) uttaaranah:

One who lifts us out of the ocean of change


924) dushkritihaa:

Destroyer of bad actions


925) punyah:

Supremely pure


926) duh-svapna-naashanah:

One who destroys all bad dreams


927) veerahaa:

One who ends the passage from womb to womb


928) rakshanah:

Protector of the universe


929) santah:

One who is expressed through saintly men


930) jeevanah:

The life spark in all creatures


931) paryavasthitah:

One who dwells everywhere


932) anantaroopah:

One of infinite forms


933) anantashreeh:

Full of infinite glories


934) jitamanyuh:

One who has no anger


935) bhayapahah:

One who destroys all fears


936) chaturashrah:

One who deals squarely


937) gabheeraatmaa:

Too deep to be fathomed


938) vidishah:

One who is unique in His giving


939) vyaadishah:

One who is unique in His commanding power


940) dishah:

One who advises and gives knowledge


941) anaadih:

One who is the first cause


942) bhoor-bhuvo:

The substratum of the earth


943) lakshmeeh:

The glory of the universe


944) suveerah:

One who moves through various ways


945) ruchiraangadah:

One who wears resplendent shoulder caps


946) jananah:

He who delivers all living creatures


947) jana-janmaadir:

The cause of the birth of all creatures


948) bheemah:

Terrible form


949) bheema-paraakramah:

One whose prowess is fearful to His enemies


950) aadhaaranilayah:

The fundamental sustainer


951) adhaataa:

Above whom there is no other to command


952) pushpahaasah:

He who shines like an opening flower


953) prajaagarah:

Ever-awakened


954) oordhvagah:

One who is on top of everything


955) satpathaachaarah:

One who walks the path of truth


956) praanadah:

Giver of life


957) pranavah:

Omkara


958) panah:

The supreme universal manager


959) pramaanam:

He whose form is the Vedas


960) praananilayah:

He in whom all prana is established


961) praanibhrit:

He who rules over all pranas


962) praanajeevanah:

He who maintains the life-breath in all living creatures


963) tattvam:

The reality


964) tattvavit:

One who has realised the reality


965) ekaatmaa:

The one self


966) janma-mrityu-jaraatigah:

One who knows no birth, death or old age in Himself


967) bhoor-bhuvah svas-taruh:

The tree of bhur, bhuvah and svah


968) taarah:

One who helps all to cross over


969) savitaa:

The father of all


970) prapitaamahah:

The father of the father of beings (Brahma)


971) yajnah:

One whose very nature is yajna


972) yajnapatih:

The Lord of all yajnas


973) yajvaa:

The one who performs yajna


974) yajnaangah:

One whose limbs are the things employed in yajna


975) yajnavaahanah:

One who fulfils yajnas in complete


976) yajnabhrid:

The ruler of the yajanas


977) yajnakrit:

One who performs yajna


978) yajnee:

Enjoyer of yajnas


979) yajnabhuk:

Receiver of all that is offered


980) yajnasaadhanah:

One who fulfils all yajnas


981) yajnaantakrit:

One who performs the concluding act of the yajna


982) yajnaguhyam:

The person to be realised by yajna


983) annam:

One who is food


984) annaadah:

One who eats the food


985) aatmayonih:

The uncaused cause


986) svayamjaatah:

Self-born


987) vaikhaanah:

The one who cut through the earth


988) saamagaayanah:

One who sings the sama songs


989) devakee-nandanah:

Son of Devaki


990) srashtaa:

Creator


991) kshiteeshah:

The Lord of the earth


992) paapa-naashanah:

Destroyer of sin


993) samkha-bhrit:

One who has the divine Pancajanya


994) nandakee:

One who holds the Nandaka sword


995) chakree:

Carrier of Sudarsana


996) shaarnga-dhanvaa:

One who aims His shaarnga bow


997) gadaadharah:

Carrier of Kaumodakee club


998) rathaanga-paanih:

One who has the wheel of a chariot as His weapon


999) akshobhyah:

One who cannot be annoyed by anyone


1000) sarva-praharanaayudhah:

He who has all implements for all kinds of assault and fight

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