Viṣṇusahasranāmastotram

The 1,000 names, one at a time, each with Śaṅkara's words on it.

Names 1–100vishvam
  1. 1vishvamविश्वम्The All: Brahman, cause of the whole universe, which in truth is not other than Him.
  2. 2vishnuhविष्णुःHe who pervades everything, unbounded by place, time or object.
  3. 3vashatkārahवषट्कारःHe for whose sake the sacrificial call vaṣaṭ is sounded in the rite.
  4. 4bhūtabhavyabhavatprabhuhभूतभव्यभवत्प्रभुःLord of what was, what will be and what is, His sovereignty untouched by time.
  5. 5bhūtakritभूतकृत्Maker of beings as Brahmā through rajas, and their destroyer as Rudra through tamas.
  6. 6bhūtabhritभूतभृत्He who through sattva sustains, protects and nourishes all beings.
  7. 7bhāvahभावःHe who becomes the world of forms, or who simply is: pure Being.
  8. 8bhūtātmāभूतात्माThe Self of all beings, their immortal inner ruler.
  9. 9bhūtabhāvanahभूतभावनःHe who brings beings into existence and makes them flourish.
  10. 10pūtātmāपूतात्माHe whose Self is pure, never bound by the guṇas.
  11. 11paramātmāपरमात्माThe supreme Self, beyond cause and effect, by nature ever pure, awake and free.
  12. 12muktānām paramā gatihमुक्तानां परमा गतिःThe highest goal of the liberated, reaching whom there is no return.
  13. 13avyayahअव्ययःThe Undecaying, who knows no destruction and no change.
  14. 14purushahपुरुषःHe who dwells within the city of the body.
  15. 15sākshīसाक्षीThe Witness, who sees all directly by His own nature as awareness.
  16. 16kshetragnyahक्षेत्रज्ञःKnower of the field, the body.
  17. 17aksharahअक्षरःThe Imperishable, the Paramātman, in truth one with the knower of the field.
  18. 18yogahयोगःYoga itself, for He is reached by realizing the oneness of the jīva and the Paramātman.
  19. 19yogavidām netāयोगविदां नेताGuide of those who know yoga, carrying their welfare and keeping it safe.
  20. 20pradhānapurusheshvarahप्रधानपुरुषेश्वरःLord of pradhāna, which is Prakṛti or māyā, and of the Puruṣa, the jīva.
  21. 21nārasimhavapuhनारसिंहवपुःHe whose form shows the limbs of both man and lion.
  22. 22shrīmānश्रीमान्He on whose chest Śrī ever dwells.
  23. 23keshavahकेशवःHe of beautiful hair, or He who holds Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva in His sway.
  24. 24purushottamahपुरुषोत्तमःThe highest of all Puruṣas.
  25. 25sarvahसर्वःThe All, source and end of all that is and is not, and ever knower of all.
  26. 26sharvahशर्वःHe who destroys all creatures at the time of dissolution.
  27. 27shivahशिवःThe Pure, being beyond the three guṇas.
  28. 28sthānuhस्थाणुःThe Steadfast, ever firm and unmoving.
  29. 29bhūtādihभूतादिःThe first cause of all beings.
  30. 30nidhihनिधिःThe imperishable treasure-house in whom all is laid away at dissolution.
  31. 31sambhavahसंभवःHe who by His own will takes noble birth, age after age, to uphold dharma.
  32. 32bhāvanahभावनःHe who brings forth the fruits of action for all who enjoy them.
  33. 33bhartāभर्ताThe Sustainer, upholding the world as its ground.
  34. 34prabhavahप्रभवःHe from whom the great elements come forth.
  35. 35prabhuhप्रभुःThe Mighty, supremely able in every act.
  36. 36īshvarahईश्वरःThe Lord, whose lordship depends on nothing at all.
  37. 37svayambhūhस्वयंभूःHe who exists of Himself, free and dependent on none.
  38. 38shambhuhशंभुःHe who brings happiness to His devotees.
  39. 39ādityahआदित्यःThe golden Puruṣa who dwells within the orb of the sun.
  40. 40pushkarākshahपुष्कराक्षःHe whose eyes are like the lotus.
  41. 41mahāsvanahमहास्वनःHe whose great and holy sound is the Veda, breathed forth from Him.
  42. 42anādinidhanahअनादिनिधनःHe who has neither birth nor death.
  43. 43dhātāधाताThe Upholder, bearing the universe in the form of Ananta and others.
  44. 44vidhātāविधाताOrdainer of actions and of their fruits.
  45. 45dhāturuttamahधातुरुत्तमःThe highest element, Consciousness itself, which upholds the whole world of cause and effect.
  46. 46aprameyahअप्रमेयःHe who cannot be known by any means of knowledge, being the witness of them all.
  47. 47hrishīkeshahहृषीकेशःLord of the senses, as the knower of the field within.
  48. 48padmanābhahपद्मनाभःHe from whose navel rises the lotus that is the source of the whole world.
  49. 49amaraprabhuhअमरप्रभुःLord of the immortals, the gods.
  50. 50vishvakarmāविश्वकर्माHe whose work is the whole universe, wondrous in His power to fashion it.
  51. 51manuhमनुःThe Thinker, beside whom there is no other who thinks.
  52. 52tvashtāत्वष्टाHe who wears all beings down to nothing at the time of dissolution.
  53. 53sthavishthahस्थविष्ठःThe Vastest, gross beyond all measure.
  54. 54sthavirahस्थविरःThe Ancient One, firm and changeless.
  55. 55agrāhyahअग्राह्यःHe who cannot be grasped by the organs of action, beyond the reach of speech and mind.
  56. 56shāshvatahशाश्वतःThe Eternal, who exists at all times.
  57. 57krishnahकृष्णःHe whose nature is Existence, Consciousness and Bliss.
  58. 58lohitākshahलोहिताक्षःHe whose eyes are red.
  59. 59pratardanahप्रतर्दनःHe who destroys beings at the time of dissolution.
  60. 60prabhūtahप्रभूतःHe who abounds in knowledge, lordship and every excellence.
  61. 61trikakubdhāmaत्रिककुब्धामAbode of the three regions: above, below and between.
  62. 62pavitramपवित्रम्The Purifier, by whom all is made holy.
  63. 63mangalam paramमङ्गलं परम्The supreme Auspicious One, who by mere remembrance drives away all ill and spreads good.
  64. 64īshānahईशानःRuler of all beings.
  65. 65prānadahप्राणदःGiver of the prāṇas, who sets all life-breath moving.
  66. 66prānahप्राणःThe Life that breathes, the knower of the field, the Paramātman, breath of breath.
  67. 67jyeshthahज्येष्ठःThe Eldest of all.
  68. 68shreshthahश्रेष्ठःThe Most Praiseworthy, highest of all.
  69. 69prajāpatihप्रजापतिःLord of all creatures, as their Īśvara.
  70. 70hiranyagarbhahहिरण्यगर्भःHiraṇyagarbha, Brahmā within the golden egg, who is Himself.
  71. 71bhūgarbhahभूगर्भःHe who holds the earth within Him.
  72. 72mādhavahमाधवःConsort of Mā, who is Śrī.
  73. 73madhusūdanahमधुसूदनःSlayer of the demon Madhu.
  74. 74īshvarahईश्वरःThe Lord, endowed with every power.
  75. 75vikramīविक्रमीHe who is full of valour.
  76. 76dhanvīधन्वीThe Bowman.
  77. 77medhāvīमेधावीHe of great intelligence, able to hold vast learning.
  78. 78vikramahविक्रमःHe who strode across the whole universe.
  79. 79kramahक्रमःHe who strides, or the cause of all going forward.
  80. 80anuttamahअनुत्तमःHe than whom there is none higher.
  81. 81durādharshahदुराधर्षःHe whom no demon can overpower.
  82. 82kritagnyahकृतज्ञःKnower of every deed, good or evil, that beings do.
  83. 83kritihकृतिःHe who is every effort and every act, being the Self and ground of all.
  84. 84ātmavānआत्मवान्He who rests in His own greatness.
  85. 85sureshahसुरेशःLord of the gods.
  86. 86sharanamशरणम्The Refuge, who takes away the distress of the afflicted.
  87. 87sharmaशर्मSupreme bliss itself.
  88. 88vishvaretāhविश्वरेताःSeed of the universe, its cause.
  89. 89prajābhavahप्रजाभवःHe from whom all creatures come forth.
  90. 90ahahअहःThe Day, whose nature is light.
  91. 91samvatsarahसंवत्सरःThe Year, abiding as time itself.
  92. 92vyālahव्यालःHe who, like a serpent, cannot be seized.
  93. 93pratyayahप्रत्ययःPure awareness, the knowing that is Brahman.
  94. 94sarvadarshanahसर्वदर्शनःHe whose eyes are everywhere, being the Self of all.
  95. 95ajahअजःThe Unborn.
  96. 96sarveshvarahसर्वेश्वरःLord of all lords.
  97. 97siddhahसिद्धःThe Ever-perfect, whose nature is eternally accomplished.
  98. 98siddhihसिद्धिःThe Fulfilment, being the consciousness in all things, unsurpassed.
  99. 99sarvādihसर्वादिःBeginning of all, the primal cause of every being.
  100. 100achyutahअच्युतःHe who never has fallen, never falls and never will fall from His own nature.
Names 101–200vrishākapih
  1. 101vrishākapihवृषाकपिःHe who is dharma, and the Boar who raised the earth from the waters.
  2. 102ameyātmāअमेयात्माHe whose Self cannot be measured.
  3. 103sarvayogavinihsritahसर्वयोगविनिःसृतःHe who is free of every bond and every attachment.
  4. 104vasuhवसुःHe in whom all beings dwell, and who dwells in them.
  5. 105vasumanāhवसुमनाःHe whose mind is noble, never clouded by passion, hatred or pride.
  6. 106satyahसत्यःThe Truth, Brahman, whose nature is never false.
  7. 107samātmāसमात्माHe whose mind is even, untouched by love and hate.
  8. 108asammitahअसंमितःHe who is limited by nothing at all.
  9. 109samahसमःThe Same, free of all change at all times.
  10. 110amoghahअमोघःHe who never fails, granting every fruit to those who worship or remember Him.
  11. 111pundarīkākshahपुण्डरीकाक्षःHe who pervades the lotus of the heart and is realized there.
  12. 112vrishakarmāवृषकर्माHe whose acts are dharma.
  13. 113vrishākritihवृषाकृतिःHe who takes a body for the sake of dharma.
  14. 114rudrahरुद्रःHe who at the dissolution withdraws all beings and makes them weep; or who drives away sorrow and its cause.
  15. 115bahushirāhबहुशिराःHe who has many heads, the thousand-headed Puruṣa.
  16. 116babhruhबभ्रुःHe who bears and sustains the worlds.
  17. 117vishvayonihविश्वयोनिःThe source of the universe, being its cause.
  18. 118shuchishravāhशुचिश्रवाःHe whose names are pure and worthy to be heard.
  19. 119amritahअमृतःHe in whom there is no death, ageless and immortal.
  20. 120shāshvatasthānuhशाश्वतस्थाणुःHe who is eternal and unmoving, firm for ever.
  21. 121varārohahवरारोहःHe whose lap is the most excellent seat; or the supreme height, reaching which none return.
  22. 122mahātapāhमहातपाःHe whose great tapas is knowledge of all that is to be created.
  23. 123sarvagahसर्वगःHe who goes everywhere, pervading all things as their cause.
  24. 124sarvavidbhānuhसर्वविद्भानुःHe who knows all and who shines, the light by whose shining all else shines.
  25. 125vishvaksenahविष्वक्सेनःHe before whom the demon armies flee in every direction at the mere start of battle.
  26. 126janārdanahजनार्दनःHe who afflicts the wicked and sends them to hell and the like; or He whom people ask for prosperity and the highest good.
  27. 127vedahवेदःHe who makes known, dwelling within and dispelling the darkness of ignorance with the shining lamp of knowledge.
  28. 128vedavitवेदवित्He who knows the Veda and its meaning truly.
  29. 129avyangahअव्यङ्गःHe who lacks nothing, full in knowledge and every perfection; or He who is unmanifest.
  30. 130vedāngahवेदाङ्गःHe whose limbs are the Vedas.
  31. 131vedavitवेदवित्He who discerns and reflects upon the Vedas.
  32. 132kavihकविःThe seer whose sight passes beyond all, who beholds everything.
  33. 133lokādhyakshahलोकाध्यक्षःHe who oversees all the worlds, their supreme witness.
  34. 134surādhyakshahसुराध्यक्षःThe overseer of the gods, the guardians of the worlds and the rest.
  35. 135dharmādhyakshahधर्माध्यक्षःHe who directly beholds dharma and adharma, to give each its fitting fruit.
  36. 136kritākritahकृताकृतःHe who is both the made, as effect, and the unmade, as cause.
  37. 137chaturātmāचतुरात्माHe whose glory takes four distinct forms in each of creation, preservation and dissolution.
  38. 138chaturvyūhahचतुर्व्यूहःHe who divides Himself fourfold, as Vāsudeva and the others, to bring about creation and the rest.
  39. 139chaturdamshtrahचतुर्दंष्ट्रःHe who has four tusks, in the form of Narasiṃha; or four horns.
  40. 140chaturbhujahचतुर्भुजःHe who has four arms.
  41. 141bhrājishnuhभ्राजिष्णुःHe who shines forth, being nothing but pure light.
  42. 142bhojanamभोजनम्Prakṛti, māyā, as that which is enjoyed.
  43. 143bhoktāभोक्ताHe who, as Puruṣa, enjoys that Prakṛti.
  44. 144sahishnuhसहिष्णुःHe who overpowers Hiraṇyākṣa and the other foes.
  45. 145jagadādijahजगदादिजःHe who is Himself born at the beginning of the world as Hiraṇyagarbha.
  46. 146anaghahअनघःHe in whom there is no sin, free from all evil.
  47. 147vijayahविजयःHe who excels the whole universe by knowledge, dispassion, sovereignty and every virtue.
  48. 148jetāजेताHe who by His very nature surpasses all beings.
  49. 149vishvayonihविश्वयोनिःHe who is the universe and also its source.
  50. 150punarvasuhपुनर्वसुःHe who dwells again and again in bodies as the knower of the field.
  51. 151upendrahउपेन्द्रःHe who came to Indra as his younger brother; or He who stands above Indra.
  52. 152vāmanahवामनःHe who as the dwarf begged from Bali; or He who is worthy of all worship.
  53. 153prāmshuhप्रांशुःHe who grew immensely tall as He strode across the three worlds.
  54. 154amoghahअमोघःHe whose every deed bears fruit, never in vain.
  55. 155shuchihशुचिःHe who purifies those who remember, praise and worship Him.
  56. 156ūrjitahऊर्जितःHe who is endowed with surpassing strength.
  57. 157atīndrahअतीन्द्रःHe who stands beyond Indra by His innate knowledge, sovereignty and other powers.
  58. 158sangrahahसंग्रहःHe who gathers all beings back into Himself at the dissolution.
  59. 159sargahसर्गःCreation itself, as all that is created; or the cause of creation.
  60. 160dhritātmāधृतात्माHe who holds His Self in one unchanging form, free from birth and change.
  61. 161niyamahनियमःHe who keeps all creatures each to their own appointed duties.
  62. 162yamahयमःHe who rules all from within.
  63. 163vedyahवेद्यःHe who is to be known by those who seek the highest good, mokṣa.
  64. 164vaidyahवैद्यःHe who knows every branch of knowledge.
  65. 165sadāyogīसदायोगीHe whose own nature is ever revealed.
  66. 166vīrahāवीरहाHe who slays the mighty asuras to protect dharma.
  67. 167mādhavahमाधवःLord of Mā, who is knowledge.
  68. 168madhuhमधुःHe who gives supreme delight, as honey does.
  69. 169atīndriyahअतीन्द्रियःHe who lies beyond the senses, being without sound, touch and the rest.
  70. 170mahāmāyahमहामायःHe who casts māyā even upon the masters of māyā.
  71. 171mahotsāhahमहोत्साहःHe who is ever intent on the creation, preservation and dissolution of the world.
  72. 172mahābalahमहाबलःHe who is mightier than the mighty.
  73. 173mahābuddhihमहाबुद्धिःHe who is wiser than the wise.
  74. 174mahāvīryahमहावीर्यःHe whose great potency, avidyā, is the cause from which the world comes forth.
  75. 175mahāshaktihमहाशक्तिःHe whose power, His capacity to accomplish, is vast.
  76. 176mahādyutihमहाद्युतिःHe whose radiance, without and within, is great, the light of lights.
  77. 177anirdeshyavapuhअनिर्देश्यवपुःHe whose form cannot be pointed out as this or that, being known only to Himself.
  78. 178shrīmānश्रीमान्He who possesses Śrī, sovereignty in its fullness.
  79. 179ameyātmāअमेयात्माHe whose understanding no living being can measure.
  80. 180mahādridhrikमहाद्रिधृक्He who held up the great mountains, Mandara at the churning of the nectar and Govardhana to shelter the cows.
  81. 181maheshvāsahमहेष्वासःThe mighty archer, whose arrows fly with great force.
  82. 182mahībhartāमहीभर्ताHe who upheld the earth when she lay drowned in the one great ocean.
  83. 183shrīnivāsahश्रीनिवासःHe on whose breast Śrī dwells, never leaving.
  84. 184satām gatihसतां गतिःThe goal of the good, the means by which the virtuous who follow the Veda gain life's ends.
  85. 185aniruddhahअनिरुद्धःHe whom no one has ever held back in any of His manifestations.
  86. 186surānandahसुरानन्दःHe who delights the gods.
  87. 187govindahगोविन्दःHe who found the earth when she was lost and hidden in the depths.
  88. 188govidām patihगोविदां पतिःSupreme lord of those who have mastered sacred speech.
  89. 189marīchihमरीचिःThe radiance of all that is radiant.
  90. 190damanahदमनःHe whose nature is to subdue creatures who stray from their duties, in forms such as Yama.
  91. 191hamsahहंसःHe who destroys the fear of saṃsāra for those who realize I am He.
  92. 192suparnahसुपर्णःHe whose wings are beautiful.
  93. 193bhujagottamahभुजगोत्तमःThe best of serpents, those who move upon their coils.
  94. 194hiranyanābhahहिरण्यनाभःHe whose navel is auspicious and lovely like gold.
  95. 195sutapāhसुतपाःHe who practises noble tapas at Badarikāśrama as Nara and Nārāyaṇa.
  96. 196padmanābhahपद्मनाभःHe whose navel is round like a lotus; or He who shines at the centre of the heart-lotus.
  97. 197prajāpatihप्रजापतिःLord and father of all creatures.
  98. 198amrityuhअमृत्युःHe for whom there is no death, nor any cause of death.
  99. 199sarvadrikसर्वदृक्He who beholds all that beings do and leave undone, by His innate awareness.
  100. 200simhahसिंहःHe who destroys.
Names 201–300sandhātā
  1. 201sandhātāसंधाताHe who joins beings to the fruits of their actions.
  2. 202sandhimānसंधिमान्He who is Himself also the enjoyer of those fruits.
  3. 203sthirahस्थिरःHe who is ever the same, unchanging.
  4. 204ajahअजःHe who goes into all things, or who drives them on.
  5. 205durmarshanahदुर्मर्षणःHe whom His foes cannot withstand.
  6. 206shāstāशास्ताHe who instructs all beings through śruti, smṛti and the scriptures.
  7. 207vishrutātmāविश्रुतात्माHe whose Self, marked by truth, knowledge and the rest, is specially proclaimed.
  8. 208surārihāसुरारिहाHe who slays the enemies of the gods.
  9. 209guruhगुरुःThe teacher of all knowledge; or the father of all.
  10. 210gurutamahगुरुतमःThe greatest teacher, who imparts the knowledge of Brahman even to Brahmā.
  11. 211dhāmaधामThe light; or the abode of all desires, the supreme abode.
  12. 212satyahसत्यःHe who is truth, the dharma of truthful speech; or the truth of truth.
  13. 213satyaparākramahसत्यपराक्रमःHe whose valour is true, never failing.
  14. 214nimishahनिमिषःHe whose eyes are closed in the sleep of yoga.
  15. 215animishahअनिमिषःHe who never closes His eyes, being ever awake; or as the fish, or as the Self.
  16. 216sragvīस्रग्वीHe who ever wears the Vaijayantī garland, made of the subtle elements.
  17. 217vāchaspatirudāradhīhवाचस्पतिरुदारधीःLord of speech and learning, whose understanding embraces all things.
  18. 218agranīhअग्रणीःHe who leads seekers of mokṣa to the highest state.
  19. 219grāmanīhग्रामणीःHe who leads the whole host of beings.
  20. 220shrīmānश्रीमान्He whose splendour surpasses all.
  21. 221nyāyahन्यायःThe reasoning that upholds valid knowledge and brings about the realization of non-difference.
  22. 222netāनेताHe who keeps the machinery of the world running.
  23. 223samīranahसमीरणःHe who, as the breath, moves all beings to act.
  24. 224sahasramūrdhāसहस्रमूर्धाHe who has a thousand heads.
  25. 225vishvātmāविश्वात्माThe Self of the universe.
  26. 226sahasrākshahसहस्राक्षःHe who has a thousand eyes.
  27. 227sahasrapātसहस्रपात्He who has a thousand feet.
  28. 228āvartanahआवर्तनःHe whose nature is to keep the wheel of saṃsāra turning.
  29. 229nivrittātmāनिवृत्तात्माHe whose very nature is turned away from the bondage of saṃsāra.
  30. 230samvritahसंवृतःHe who is veiled by the covering avidyā, hidden from those who do not know Him.
  31. 231sampramardanahसंप्रमर्दनःHe who thoroughly crushes all beings through His powers such as Rudra and Kāla.
  32. 232ahahsamvartakahअहःसंवर्तकःHe who, as the sun, sets the days fully in motion.
  33. 233vahnihवह्निःHe who bears and carries all, as fire bears the offerings.
  34. 234anilahअनिलःHe who has no abode, or He who is without beginning.
  35. 235dharanīdharahधरणीधरःHe who holds up the earth in the form of Śeṣa and of the Boar.
  36. 236suprasādahसुप्रसादःHe whose grace is so fair that He gave mokṣa even to those who wronged Him, like Śiśupāla.
  37. 237prasannātmāप्रसन्नात्माHe whose inner being is untroubled by rajas and tamas, or whose nature is gracious and full of compassion.
  38. 238vishvadhrikविश्वधृक्He who boldly overpowers the whole universe.
  39. 239vishvabhukविश्वभुक्He who enjoys the universe, or who sustains and protects it.
  40. 240vibhuhविभुःHe who becomes manifold, appearing in forms such as Hiraṇyagarbha.
  41. 241satkartāसत्कर्ताHe who honours and worships the worthy.
  42. 242satkritahसत्कृतःHe who is worshipped even by those whom others worship.
  43. 243sādhuhसाधुःHe who acts in accordance with what is right, or He who brings all ends to accomplishment.
  44. 244jahnuhजह्नुःHe who withdraws beings into Himself at the time of dissolution.
  45. 245nārāyanahनारायणःHe who pervades as their cause all things born of the Ātman, and in whom they rest; the refuge of all jīvas.
  46. 246narahनरःHe who leads all: the eternal Paramātman.
  47. 247asankhyeyahअसंख्येयःHe in whom there is no number, no distinction of name and form.
  48. 248aprameyātmāअप्रमेयात्माHe whose own nature is beyond every means of knowing.
  49. 249vishishtahविशिष्टःHe who excels and surpasses all things.
  50. 250shishtakritशिष्टकृत्He who gives the commands that govern the world, or who protects the good.
  51. 251shuchihशुचिःHe who is pure, untouched by any stain.
  52. 252siddhārthahसिद्धार्थःHe whose every aim is already accomplished, true in all His desires.
  53. 253siddhasankalpahसिद्धसंकल्पःHe whose will is always fulfilled, true in all His resolves.
  54. 254siddhidahसिद्धिदःHe who grants each doer the fruit of action, fitting to what each is qualified for.
  55. 255siddhisādhanahसिद्धिसाधनःHe who is the very means by which every accomplishment comes about.
  56. 256vrishāhīवृषाहीHe who holds the sacred days of dharma, the great sacrifices such as the twelve-day rite.
  57. 257vrishabhahवृषभःHe who showers on His devotees all that they long for.
  58. 258vishnuhविष्णुःHe who strides across all, the all-pervading One.
  59. 259vrishaparvāवृषपर्वाHe who sets out steps of dharma for those who would climb to the supreme abode.
  60. 260vrishodarahवृषोदरःHe whose womb seems to shower forth all creatures.
  61. 261vardhanahवर्धनःHe who causes all to grow and flourish.
  62. 262vardhamānahवर्धमानःHe who grows, expanding as the whole manifest world.
  63. 263viviktahविविक्तःHe who, though grown into all this, stands ever apart from it.
  64. 264shrutisāgarahश्रुतिसागरःHe in whom the Vedas are treasured, as jewels in the ocean.
  65. 265subhujahसुभुजःHe whose fair arms protect the whole world.
  66. 266durdharahदुर्धरःHe who bears the worlds and can be borne by none, or whom seekers of mokṣa hold in the heart in meditation only with effort.
  67. 267vāgmīवाग्मीHe from whom the sacred speech of the Veda came forth.
  68. 268mahendrahमहेन्द्रःHe who is the great Lord, Lord even of the lords.
  69. 269vasudahवसुदःHe who bestows wealth on beings.
  70. 270vasuhवसुःHe who is Himself the wealth that is given, or He who veils His own nature by His māyā.
  71. 271naikarūpahनैकरूपःHe who has not one form but many, appearing in countless forms by His māyā.
  72. 272brihadrūpahबृहद्रूपःHe whose forms are vast and mighty, such as the great Boar.
  73. 273shipivishtahशिपिविष्टःHe who dwells in the sacrifice offered with animals, as the sacrifice itself; or He who abides in the rays of light.
  74. 274prakāshanahप्रकाशनःHe whose nature is to illumine all things.
  75. 275ojastejodyutidharahओजस्तेजोद्युतिधरःHe who bears vital strength, valour and all such excellences, and radiant light.
  76. 276prakāshātmāप्रकाशात्माHe whose very Self is light.
  77. 277pratāpanahप्रतापनःHe who warms and scorches the universe through His powers such as the sun.
  78. 278riddhahऋद्धःHe who abounds in dharma, knowledge, dispassion and every such excellence.
  79. 279spashtāksharahस्पष्टाक्षरःHe whose syllable is the clear, high-pitched Om.
  80. 280mantrahमन्त्रःHe who is the mantra of the Ṛg, Yajur and Sāma Vedas, or who is made known through mantras.
  81. 281chandrāmshuhचन्द्रांशुःHe who refreshes, like moonlight, minds scorched by the burning sun of saṃsāra.
  82. 282bhāskaradyutihभास्करद्युतिःHe who shines with the brilliance of the sun.
  83. 283amritāmshūdbhavahअमृतांशूद्भवःHe from whom the moon arose when the ocean of milk was churned.
  84. 284bhānuhभानुःHe who shines, by whose light all else shines.
  85. 285shashabinduhशशबिन्दुःHe who, as the moon marked with the hare, nourishes all beings and plants.
  86. 286sureshvarahसुरेश्वरःHe who is Lord of the gods, and of all who give good things.
  87. 287aushadhamऔषधम्He who is the healing medicine for the disease of saṃsāra.
  88. 288jagatah setuhजगतः सेतुःHe who is the bridge that carries the worlds across, holding the orders of life apart and in place.
  89. 289satyadharmaparākramahसत्यधर्मपराक्रमःHe whose dharma, knowledge and other excellences, and whose valour, are all true and never fail.
  90. 290bhūtabhavyabhavannāthahभूतभव्यभवन्नाथःHe who is Lord of all beings, past, future and present.
  91. 291pavanahपवनःHe who purifies, moving as the wind.
  92. 292pāvanahपावनःHe who makes all things pure, at whose fear the wind blows.
  93. 293analahअनलःHe who, as the jīva, takes the life-breaths as His own Self; or He who is without smell.
  94. 294kāmahāकामहाHe who destroys the desires of seekers of mokṣa, and destroys those who do harm.
  95. 295kāmakritकामकृत्He who fulfils the desires of the sāttvic, or He who is father of Kāma as Pradyumna.
  96. 296kāntahकान्तःHe who is the most beautiful of all.
  97. 297kāmahकामःHe who is longed for by all who seek the aims of human life.
  98. 298kāmapradahकामप्रदःHe who generously grants His devotees what they desire.
  99. 299prabhuhप्रभुःHe who is supreme, existing in surpassing excellence.
  100. 300yugādikritयुगादिकृत्He who creates the yugas and the divisions of time, or who begins the ages.
Names 301–400yugāvartah
  1. 301yugāvartahयुगावर्तःHe who, as time, makes the yugas such as Kṛta revolve again and again.
  2. 302naikamāyahनैकमायःHe who bears not one māyā but many.
  3. 303mahāshanahमहाशनःHe whose eating is vast, devouring all at the end of the kalpa.
  4. 304adrishyahअदृश्यःHe who is beyond the reach of every sense and of the intellect.
  5. 305vyaktarūpahव्यक्तरूपःHe whose form is manifest in the gross world, or who shines forth clearly to yogins.
  6. 306sahasrajitसहस्रजित्He who conquers the demons in battle by the thousand.
  7. 307anantajitअनन्तजित्He who, with power beyond thought, conquers all beings everywhere, in battle and in play.
  8. 308ishtahइष्टःHe who is dear to all, being supreme bliss; or He who is worshipped through sacrifice.
  9. 309avishishtahअविशिष्टःHe who is the same in all, as the indwelling Lord of every being.
  10. 310shishteshtahशिष्टेष्टःHe who is dear to the wise, and to whom the wise are dear.
  11. 311shikhandīशिखण्डीHe who wears a crest of peacock feathers, in the guise of a cowherd.
  12. 312nahushahनहुषःHe who binds all beings by His māyā.
  13. 313vrishahवृषःHe who is dharma itself, showering all that is desired.
  14. 314krodhahāक्रोधहाHe who removes anger from the good.
  15. 315krodhakritक्रोधकृत्He who rouses anger against the wicked and is the maker of the world; or He who cuts down the wrathful demons.
  16. 316vishvabāhuhविश्वबाहुःHe who is the support of all, whose arms are everywhere.
  17. 317mahīdharahमहीधरःHe who receives worship, or He who holds up the earth.
  18. 318achyutahअच्युतःHe who never falls from His nature, free of the six changes of becoming.
  19. 319prathitahप्रथितःHe who is renowned for His works, the creation and sustaining of the world.
  20. 320prānahप्राणःHe who, as the Sūtrātman, gives life to all creatures.
  21. 321prānadahप्राणदःHe who gives strength to gods and demons alike, or takes it from them.
  22. 322vāsavānujahवासवानुजःHe who was born of Kaśyapa and Aditi as the younger brother of Indra.
  23. 323apām nidhihअपां निधिःHe in whom all the waters are gathered: the ocean.
  24. 324adhishthānamअधिष्ठानम्He in whom all beings abide as their material cause: Brahman, the ground of all.
  25. 325apramattahअप्रमत्तःHe who never errs in giving each the fruit fitting to their karma.
  26. 326pratishthitahप्रतिष्ठितःHe who is established in His own greatness, resting on nothing else.
  27. 327skandahस्कन्दःHe who flows forth as nectar, or who dries all things as the wind.
  28. 328skandadharahस्कन्दधरःHe who upholds the path of dharma.
  29. 329dhuryahधुर्यःHe who bears the burden of all beings, their birth and all that follows.
  30. 330varadahवरदःHe who grants the boons that are desired, or who gives the sacrificial gift as the sacrificer.
  31. 331vāyuvāhanahवायुवाहनःHe who drives the seven winds, beginning with Āvaha.
  32. 332vāsudevahवासुदेवःHe who dwells in all and covers all, and who is the shining God: the Paramātman in whom all beings dwell.
  33. 333brihadbhānuhबृहद्भानुःHe whose vast rays, carried by the sun and moon, illumine the whole universe.
  34. 334ādidevahआदिदेवःHe who is the first cause, and the God who shines.
  35. 335purandarahपुरंदरःHe who shattered the cities of the enemies of the gods.
  36. 336ashokahअशोकःHe who is free of grief and of all the six waves that toss embodied beings.
  37. 337tāranahतारणःHe who carries beings across the ocean of saṃsāra.
  38. 338tārahतारःHe who carries beings beyond the fear of the womb, birth, old age and death.
  39. 339shūrahशूरःThe Valiant One, who strides out in mighty prowess.
  40. 340shaurihशौरिःDescendant of Śūra, the son of Vasudeva.
  41. 341janeshvarahजनेश्वरःLord of all beings that are born.
  42. 342anukūlahअनुकूलःHe who is favourable to all, being the very Self of all; no one acts against himself.
  43. 343shatāvartahशतावर्तःHe who comes forth a hundred times as avatāras to protect dharma, or who dwells as prāṇa in the hundred nāḍīs.
  44. 344padmīपद्मीHe who holds a lotus in His hand.
  45. 345padmanibhekshanahपद्मनिभेक्षणःHe whose eyes are like the lotus.
  46. 346padmanābhahपद्मनाभःHe who abides at the centre of the lotus, in its very heart.
  47. 347aravindākshahअरविन्दाक्षःHe whose eyes are like the lotus flower.
  48. 348padmagarbhahपद्मगर्भःHe who is worshipped within the lotus of the heart.
  49. 349sharīrabhritशरीरभृत्He who sustains the bodies of all embodied beings, nourishing them as food and as prāṇa.
  50. 350maharddhihमहर्द्धिःHe whose glory and splendour are immense.
  51. 351riddhahऋद्धःHe who grows and expands as the whole manifold universe.
  52. 352vriddhātmāवृद्धात्माHe whose Self is ancient, older than all things.
  53. 353mahākshahमहाक्षःHe whose eyes are great, or who has many great eyes.
  54. 354garudadhvajahगरुडध्वजःHe whose banner bears the emblem of Garuḍa.
  55. 355atulahअतुलःThe Incomparable One, with nothing to measure Him against.
  56. 356sharabhahशरभःHe who shines as the inner Self within bodies, which are ever wasting away.
  57. 357bhīmahभीमःHe before whom all things stand in fear, yet gentle to those who walk the good path.
  58. 358samayagnyahसमयज्ञःHe who knows the appointed times of creation, sustenance and dissolution.
  59. 359havirharihहविर्हरिःHe who takes the share of oblation in every sacrifice, and takes away the sins of those who remember Him.
  60. 360sarvalakshanalakshanyahसर्वलक्षणलक्षण्यःHe who is the true object of the knowledge that every means of knowing yields, for He alone is supreme reality.
  61. 361lakshmīvānलक्ष्मीवान्He on whose breast Lakṣmī ever dwells.
  62. 362samitinjayahसमितिंजयःHe who is victorious in battle.
  63. 363viksharahविक्षरःHe in whom there is no decay and no perishing.
  64. 364rohitahरोहितःHe who by His own will took a red-hued form, or the form of the rohita fish.
  65. 365mārgahमार्गःHe whom the seekers of mokṣa search for.
  66. 366hetuhहेतुःHe who is the cause of all, both material and efficient.
  67. 367dāmodarahदामोदरःHe who is reached by a mind raised high through self-restraint, or who was bound at the waist with a cord by Yaśodā.
  68. 368sahahसहःHe who overcomes all, or who patiently forbears all.
  69. 369mahīdharahमहीधरःHe who upholds the earth in the form of the mountains.
  70. 370mahābhāgahमहाभागःHe who, taking a body at will, enjoys the finest offerings, or whose fortune in His avatāras is great.
  71. 371vegavānवेगवान्He of great swiftness, faster than the mind.
  72. 372amitāshanahअमिताशनःHe who devours the whole universe at the time of dissolution.
  73. 373udbhavahउद्भवःHe from whom the universe arises as its material cause, or who stands beyond saṃsāra.
  74. 374kshobhanahक्षोभणःHe who at creation entered Prakṛti and Puruṣa and stirred them into motion.
  75. 375devahदेवःThe Shining One, who sports in creation, dwells in all beings and shines in them as the Self.
  76. 376shrīgarbhahश्रीगर्भःHe within whom all splendour lies, the whole universe being His glory.
  77. 377parameshvarahपरमेश्वरःThe Supreme Lord, highest of all and ever ruling all.
  78. 378karanamकरणम्The instrument most effective in bringing the world into being.
  79. 379kāranamकारणम्The cause of the world, both material and efficient.
  80. 380kartāकर्ताThe Doer, wholly free and independent.
  81. 381vikartāविकर्ताHe who makes the wondrous and varied worlds.
  82. 382gahanahगहनःHe whose nature, power and deeds are too deep to be known.
  83. 383guhahगुहःHe who hides His own nature by His māyā.
  84. 384vyavasāyahव्यवसायःHe who is resolute knowledge, being pure consciousness alone.
  85. 385vyavasthānahव्यवस्थानःHe in whom everything is held in its proper order.
  86. 386samsthānahसंस्थानःHe in whom all beings come to rest at dissolution, or whose abode is supremely excellent.
  87. 387sthānadahस्थानदःHe who grants each, like Dhruva, the station that fits their karma.
  88. 388dhruvahध्रुवःThe Firm One, who never perishes.
  89. 389pararddhihपरर्द्धिःHe whose glory and splendour are supreme.
  90. 390paramaspashtahपरमस्पष्टःHe who is supreme in splendour and depends on nothing, clearly manifest as consciousness itself.
  91. 391tushtahतुष्टःHe who is ever content, being supreme bliss alone.
  92. 392pushtahपुष्टःHe who is full, complete and perfect in every respect.
  93. 393shubhekshanahशुभेक्षणःHe whose glance is auspicious, granting mokṣa, cutting the knot of the heart and dispelling ignorance.
  94. 394rāmahरामःHe in whom yogins delight as eternal bliss, the supreme Brahman, or Rāma, son of Daśaratha.
  95. 395virāmahविरामःHe in whom all living beings come to their end.
  96. 396viratahविरतःHe who has no attachment to the enjoyment of sense objects.
  97. 397mārgahमार्गःThe Path, knowing whom seekers of mokṣa reach immortality.
  98. 398neyahनेयःHe to whom the jīva is led by right knowledge, as the Paramātman.
  99. 399nayahनयःHe who leads, the guide of all.
  100. 400anayahअनयःHe who has no one to lead Him.
Names 401–500vīrah
  1. 401vīrahवीरःThe Hero, mighty in valour.
  2. 402shaktimatām shreshthahशक्तिमतां श्रेष्ठःGreatest among the mighty, mightier even than Brahmā and all the powerful.
  3. 403dharmahधर्मःDharma itself, who upholds all beings, or He who is worshipped through dharma.
  4. 404dharmaviduttamahधर्मविदुत्तमःHighest of the knowers of dharma, whose commands are the Śruti and Smṛti.
  5. 405vaikunthahवैकुण्ठःHe who at the world's beginning joined the scattered elements and stopped their drifting apart.
  6. 406purushahपुरुषःHe who existed before all things, or who dwells in the city of every body.
  7. 407prānahप्राणःHe who lives as the knower of the field, or moves all beings as prāṇa.
  8. 408prānadahप्राणदःHe who ends the life-breath of beings at dissolution.
  9. 409pranavahप्रणवःThe sacred Oṃ, through which He is praised, or He to whom the Vedas bow.
  10. 410prithuhपृथुःHe who is vast, spread out as the manifold universe.
  11. 411hiranyagarbhahहिरण्यगर्भःHe whose offspring is the golden cosmic egg, sprung from His seed, from which Hiraṇyagarbha arose.
  12. 412shatrughnahशत्रुघ्नःSlayer of the enemies of the gods.
  13. 413vyāptahव्याप्तःHe who pervades all effects as their cause.
  14. 414vāyuhवायुःHe who brings forth fragrance, being the sacred scent of the earth.
  15. 415adhokshajahअधोक्षजःHe who never declines, or who arose between heaven and earth in the form of Virāj.
  16. 416rituhऋतुःHe who, as Time, is spoken of as the season.
  17. 417sudarshanahसुदर्शनःHe whose knowledge is auspicious, bearing the fruit of liberation, or whom devotees behold with ease.
  18. 418kālahकालःTime, who reckons and brings all things to their end.
  19. 419parameshthīपरमेष्ठीHe whose nature is to abide in His own supreme glory, in the space of the heart.
  20. 420parigrahahपरिग्रहःHe who is grasped on every side by those seeking refuge, being everywhere, and who accepts the leaf and flower devotees offer.
  21. 421ugrahउग्रःThe Fierce One, source of fear even to the sun and the gods.
  22. 422samvatsarahसंवत्सरःHe in whom all beings dwell.
  23. 423dakshahदक्षःThe Able One, growing as the universe and swiftly accomplishing every work.
  24. 424vishrāmahविश्रामःHe who gives rest, mokṣa, to those tossed and wearied on the ocean of saṃsāra.
  25. 425vishvadakshinahविश्वदक्षिणःHe who is more able than all, or skilled in every work.
  26. 426vistārahविस्तारःHe in whom all the worlds are spread out.
  27. 427sthāvarasthānuhस्थावरस्थाणुःThe steadfast ground in which the steadfast elements, earth and the rest, abide.
  28. 428pramānamप्रमाणम्He who is the means of right knowledge, being consciousness itself.
  29. 429bījamavyayamबीजमव्ययम्The imperishable seed, the cause that never changes into something else.
  30. 430arthahअर्थःHe who is sought by all, being bliss itself.
  31. 431anarthahअनर्थःHe who has no purpose to pursue, all His desires being fulfilled.
  32. 432mahākoshahमहाकोशःHe whose great coverings are the kośas, beginning with the sheath of food.
  33. 433mahābhogahमहाभोगःHe whose great enjoyment is bliss itself.
  34. 434mahādhanahमहाधनःHe whose wealth, the means of every enjoyment, is great.
  35. 435anirvinnahअनिर्विण्णःHe who never knows weariness, all His desires being fulfilled.
  36. 436sthavishthahस्थविष्ठःHe who stands in the vast cosmic form of Virāj.
  37. 437abhūhअभूःHe who is unborn.
  38. 438dharmayūpahधर्मयूपःThe sacrificial post to which all dharma that worships Him is bound.
  39. 439mahāmakhahमहामखःHe in whom sacrifices offered become great, bearing the fruit of liberation.
  40. 440nakshatranemihनक्षत्रनेमिःHe who stands at the heart of the celestial sphere and keeps the stars turning like a wheel's rim.
  41. 441nakshatrīनक्षत्रीHe who, as the moon, is lord of the stars.
  42. 442kshamahक्षमःHe who is able in all works, or who patiently forbears.
  43. 443kshāmahक्षामःHe who remains as His own Self when all modifications have wasted away.
  44. 444samīhanahसमीहनःHe who strives rightly for creation, sustenance and dissolution.
  45. 445yagnyahयज्ञःYajña itself, He whose very form is every sacrifice.
  46. 446ijyahइज्यःHe who alone is to be worshipped.
  47. 447mahejyahमहेज्यःHe who is supremely worthy of worship among all deities, as the giver of mokṣa.
  48. 448kratuhक्रतुःThe great sacrifice performed with the sacrificial post.
  49. 449satramसत्रम्The satra, the long sacrifice the Veda enjoins, or He who protects the good.
  50. 450satām gatihसतां गतिःThe goal of the good, for seekers of mokṣa have no other refuge.
  51. 451sarvadarshīसर्वदर्शीHe who sees all that every being does and leaves undone, by His own innate awareness.
  52. 452vimuktātmāविमुक्तात्माHe whose Self is free by its very nature.
  53. 453sarvagnyahसर्वज्ञःHe who is all and the knower of all.
  54. 454gnyānamuttamamज्ञानमुत्तमंSupreme knowledge, Brahman, unborn and unlimited, by which all things are accomplished.
  55. 455suvratahसुव्रतःHe whose vow is blessed: to all who come to Him even once and say "I am Yours", He gives fearlessness.
  56. 456sumukhahसुमुखःHe whose face is beautiful, serene and lotus-eyed.
  57. 457sūkshmahसूक्ष्मःThe subtle One, free of sound and the other qualities that make the elements gross; all-pervading and most fine.
  58. 458sughoshahसुघोषःHe whose voice is auspicious, the sound that is the Veda; or whose voice is deep as the thunder of rain clouds.
  59. 459sukhadahसुखदःHe who gives happiness to those of good conduct, or cuts away the happiness of the wicked.
  60. 460suhritसुहृत्The true friend, who does good to all and looks for nothing in return.
  61. 461manoharahमनोहरःHe who steals the mind, being bliss itself, unsurpassed and infinite.
  62. 462jitakrodhahजितक्रोधःHe who has conquered anger: He slays the foes of the gods to uphold the order of the Veda, never out of wrath.
  63. 463vīrabāhuhवीरबाहुःHe whose arms are mighty in valour, slaying the enemies of the gods and establishing the order of the Veda.
  64. 464vidāranahविदारणःHe who tears apart those who live against dharma.
  65. 465svāpanahस्वापनःHe who by His māyā lulls beings to sleep, so that they lose awareness of their own Ātman.
  66. 466svavashahस्ववशःHe who is free and under no one's sway, being the cause of the world's rise, continuance and dissolution.
  67. 467vyāpīव्यापीHe who pervades everything like space; or who pervades all effects as their cause.
  68. 468naikātmāनैकात्माHe who abides in many forms, through the glorious powers that appear in the creation and sustaining of the world.
  69. 469naikakarmakritनैककर्मकृत्He who does many works: creating the world, prospering it, bringing it to ruin, and more.
  70. 470vatsarahवत्सरःHe in whom all things dwell.
  71. 471vatsalahवत्सलःHe who is tender with love for His devotees.
  72. 472vatsīवत्सीHe who cares for His children, for all beings are as calves to Him, the Father of the world.
  73. 473ratnagarbhahरत्नगर्भःThe ocean, holding all jewels within its depths.
  74. 474dhaneshvarahधनेश्वरःThe Lord of all wealth.
  75. 475dharmagupधर्मगुप्The Guardian of dharma, who is born age after age to establish it.
  76. 476dharmakritधर्मकृत्He who, though beyond dharma and adharma, performs dharma to uphold its bounds.
  77. 477dharmīधर्मीHe who upholds all dharmas.
  78. 478satसत्Sat, the Real: the supreme Brahman, never false; and Asat, the lower Brahman, the world of effects that is only name and form.
  79. 479asatअसत्Asat: the lower Brahman, the world of change that is a matter of words and names; with Sat, the supreme Brahman, He is both.
  80. 480ksharamक्षरम्Kṣara, the perishable: all beings; and Akṣara, the imperishable: the changeless One who stands firm.
  81. 481aksharamअक्षरम्Akṣara, the imperishable: the Kūṭastha, unchanging and steady; with Kṣara, all perishable beings, He is both.
  82. 482avignyātāअविज्ञाताNot a knower as the jīva is, whose knowing is veiled by imagined notions of doership; He is beyond all that.
  83. 483sahasrāmshuhसहस्रांशुःThe truly thousand-rayed One, whose radiance shines through the sun and every other light.
  84. 484vidhātāविधाताHe who upholds Śeṣa, the elephants of the quarters and the mountains, which in turn uphold all beings.
  85. 485kritalakshanahकृतलक्षणःHe whose nature is consciousness, ever accomplished; or He who made the scriptures that define all things.
  86. 486gabhastinemihगभस्तिनेमिःHe who stands as the sun at the hub of the wheel of rays.
  87. 487sattvasthahसत्त्वस्थःHe who abides chiefly in sattva, the guṇa that illumines; or who dwells in all living beings.
  88. 488simhahसिंहःThe Lion, mighty in valour; or Narasiṃha, the Man-Lion.
  89. 489bhūtamaheshvarahभूतमहेश्वरःThe great Lord of all beings; or the supreme great Lord in truth.
  90. 490ādidevahआदिदेवःThe first God, by whom all beings are drawn into Himself.
  91. 491mahādevahमहादेवःThe great God, who leaving all else is glorified in the great sovereignty of Self-knowledge and yoga.
  92. 492deveshahदेवेशःThe Lord who rules over the gods.
  93. 493devabhridguruhदेवभृद्गुरुःThe ruler even of Indra, who upholds the gods; or Teacher of all knowledge, who sustains the gods.
  94. 494uttarahउत्तरःHe who rises free of the bondage of birth and saṃsāra; or who is higher than all.
  95. 495gopatihगोपतिःThe Lord of cows, who wore a cowherd's guise to tend them; or the Lord of the earth.
  96. 496goptāगोप्ताThe Protector of the world, who guards all beings.
  97. 497gnyānagamyahज्ञानगम्यःHe who is reached by knowledge alone, not by karma, nor by knowledge mixed with karma.
  98. 498purātanahपुरातनःThe Ancient One, unbounded by time, who was before all.
  99. 499sharīrabhūtabhritशरीरभूतभृत्He who, as prāṇa, sustains the elements that make up the body.
  100. 500bhoktāभोक्ताThe Enjoyer, being the Protector; or He who enjoys the fullness of supreme bliss.
Names 501–600kapīndrah
  1. 501kapīndrahकपीन्द्रःThe Lord who took the form of the Boar; or Rāma, Lord of the monkeys.
  2. 502bhūridakshinahभूरिदक्षिणःHe who, performing sacrifice to show the way of dharma, gives abundant gifts to the priests.
  3. 503somapahसोमपःHe who drinks the soma in every sacrifice as the deity worshipped; or as the sacrificer, showing the way of dharma.
  4. 504amritapahअमृतपःHe who drinks the nectar of His own Ātman; or who saved the nectar from the asuras, gave it to the gods, and drank it too.
  5. 505somahसोमःHe who as the moon nourishes the healing plants; or Śiva, together with Umā.
  6. 506purujitपुरुजित्He who conquers many.
  7. 507purusattamahपुरुसत्तमःThe Best of all, being many in His cosmic form and supreme in excellence.
  8. 508vinayahविनयःHe who brings the wicked to discipline by punishment.
  9. 509jayahजयःThe Victorious One, who overcomes all beings.
  10. 510satyasandhahसत्यसंधःHe whose resolve is true, whose will is never in vain.
  11. 511dāshārhahदाशार्हःHe who is worthy of gifts; or born in the line of Daśārha.
  12. 512sāttvatām patihसात्त्वतां पतिःThe Lord of the Sātvatas, who follow the Sātvata scripture, securing what they need and keeping it safe.
  13. 513jīvahजीवःHe who, as the knower of the field, holds the prāṇas and lives in all.
  14. 514vinayitāsākshīविनयितासाक्षीHe who directly beholds the humility and discipline of all creatures.
  15. 515mukundahमुकुन्दःHe who grants mokṣa, liberation.
  16. 516amitavikramahअमितविक्रमःHe whose three strides are measureless; or whose valour has no limit.
  17. 517ambhonidhihअम्भोनिधिःAmbhonidhi, in whom the four Waters rest: gods, men, ancestors and asuras; and Anantātmā, the infinite Self.
  18. 518anantātmāअनन्तात्माAnantātmā, the infinite Self, unbounded by place, time or thing; with Ambhonidhi, the ocean in which all beings rest.
  19. 519mahodadhishayahमहोदधिशयःHe who, withdrawing all beings and making the world one ocean, lies upon the great waters.
  20. 520antakahअन्तकःHe who brings beings to their end.
  21. 521ajahअजःKāma, Love, born of Viṣṇu, who is called A.
  22. 522mahārhahमहार्हःHe who is worthy of worship.
  23. 523svābhāvyahस्वाभाव्यःHe who need not be brought into being, being ever accomplished by His own nature.
  24. 524jitāmitrahजितामित्रःHe who has conquered every foe: inner foes like attachment and aversion, and outer ones like Rāvaṇa, Kumbhakarṇa and Śiśupāla.
  25. 525pramodanahप्रमोदनःHe who rejoices always in the nectar of His own Ātman; or gladdens those who meditate on Him.
  26. 526ānandahआनन्दःHe whose very nature is bliss, the Ānanda of which all beings live on a portion.
  27. 527nandanahनन्दनःHe who gives delight.
  28. 528nandahनन्दःHe who is rich in every perfection; or the One without sense-pleasure, whose joy is the Infinite.
  29. 529satyadharmāसत्यधर्माHe whose dharma, knowledge and other virtues are true.
  30. 530trivikramahत्रिविक्रमःHe whose three strides spanned the three worlds.
  31. 531maharshih kapilāchāryahमहर्षिः कपिलाचार्यःThe great Ṛṣi who beheld the whole Veda, Kapila, the teacher of Sāṅkhya, the pure knowledge of the Self.
  32. 532kritagnyahकृतज्ञःHe who is both the world that is made and the Ātman that knows.
  33. 533medinīpatihमेदिनीपतिःThe Lord of the earth.
  34. 534tripadahत्रिपदःHe who has three steps, by which He strode across the worlds.
  35. 535tridashādhyakshahत्रिदशाध्यक्षःHe who presides over the three states, waking and the rest, which arise through the guṇas.
  36. 536mahāshringahमहाशृङ्गःHe who as the Fish bound the boat to His great horn and sported in the ocean of dissolution.
  37. 537kritāntakritकृतान्तकृत्He who brings to an end all that is made; or who cuts down Death itself.
  38. 538mahāvarāhahमहावराहःThe great Boar.
  39. 539govindahगोविन्दःHe who is known through words, the sayings of Vedānta.
  40. 540sushenahसुषेणःHe who has a splendid army, the host of His attendants.
  41. 541kanakāngadīकनकाङ्गदीHe who wears armlets of gold.
  42. 542guhyahगुह्यःThe Hidden One, known through the secret Upaniṣads, set in the cave of the heart.
  43. 543gabhīrahगभीरःThe Deep One, profound in knowledge, sovereignty, strength and valour.
  44. 544gahanahगहनःThe Impenetrable, hard to enter; or the Witness of the three states, of their presence and absence.
  45. 545guptahगुप्तःThe Concealed One, beyond the reach of speech and mind, hidden in all beings.
  46. 546chakragadādharahचक्रगदाधरःHe who bears the discus, the principle of mind, and the mace, the principle of buddhi, to protect the worlds.
  47. 547vedhāhवेधाःThe Disposer, who ordains all.
  48. 548svāngahस्वाङ्गःHe who is Himself His own helper in all He does.
  49. 549ajitahअजितःThe Unconquered, whom none could vanquish in any of His incarnations.
  50. 550krishnahकृष्णःKṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana, Vyāsa, author of the Mahābhārata, who is Nārāyaṇa Himself.
  51. 551dridhahदृढःThe Firm One, who never falls from His nature or His power.
  52. 552sankarshano'chyutahसंकर्षणोऽच्युतःHe who draws all creatures into Himself at once at the dissolution, and who never falls from His own nature.
  53. 553varunahवरुणःThe setting sun, who gathers in his own rays.
  54. 554vārunahवारुणःThe son of Varuṇa, Vasiṣṭha or Agastya.
  55. 555vrikshahवृक्षःHe who stands unmoving like a tree, alone in heaven.
  56. 556pushkarākshahपुष्कराक्षःHe who pervades the lotus of the heart; or who shines there in His own nature when meditated upon.
  57. 557mahāmanāhमहामनाःThe Great-minded, who creates, sustains and ends the world by mind alone.
  58. 558bhagavānभगवान्The Blessed Lord, possessing in fullness sovereignty, dharma, glory, fortune, dispassion and mokṣa.
  59. 559bhagahāभगहाBhagahā, who takes back sovereignty and every glory at the dissolution; and Ānandī, whose nature is bliss.
  60. 560ānandīआनन्दीĀnandī, whose nature is joy, or who abounds in every treasure; with Bhagahā, who withdraws all glories at the dissolution.
  61. 561vanamālīवनमालीHe who wears the forest garland Vaijayantī, made of the elements and their subtle forms.
  62. 562halāyudhoहलायुधोHe whose weapon is the plough, in the form of Balabhadra.
  63. 563ādityahआदित्यःHe who was born as Vāmana to Aditi from Kaśyapa.
  64. 564jyotirādityahज्योतिरादित्यःHe who dwells in the orb of the sun, the light.
  65. 565sahishnuhसहिष्णुःHe who bears the pairs of opposites, heat and cold and the rest.
  66. 566gatisattamahगतिसत्तमःHe who is the goal, and the best of all beings.
  67. 567sudhanvāसुधन्वाHe whose splendid bow, the Śārṅga, is fashioned of the senses and the elements.
  68. 568khandaparashuhखण्डपरशुःHe whose axe cuts down His foes in His form as Jamadagni's son; or whose axe is never broken.
  69. 569dārunahदारुणःHe who is stern and fearsome to those who oppose the good path.
  70. 570dravinapradahद्रविणप्रदःHe who grants His devotees the wealth they long for.
  71. 571divahsprikदिवःस्पृक्He who reaches up and touches the heavens.
  72. 572sarvadrigvyāsahसर्वदृग्व्यासःHe who spreads wide all knowledge, arranging the Vedas and Purāṇas into their branches; or the all-seeing.
  73. 573vāchaspatirayonijahवाचस्पतिरयोनिजःLord of speech and sacred learning, never born from any mother's womb.
  74. 574trisāmāत्रिसामाHe who is praised by the Sāman singers with the three Sāmans called Devavrata.
  75. 575sāmagahसामगःHe who sings the Sāman.
  76. 576sāmaसामThe Sāmaveda itself, the Veda of sacred song.
  77. 577nirvānamनिर्वाणम्Supreme bliss, in which every sorrow comes to rest.
  78. 578bheshajamभेषजम्The medicine for the disease of saṃsāra.
  79. 579bhishakभिषक्The physician who taught in the Gītā the highest knowledge that frees from the disease of saṃsāra.
  80. 580samnyāsakritसंन्यासकृत्He who established saṃnyāsa, the fourth āśrama, for the sake of mokṣa.
  81. 581shamahशमःHe who teaches tranquillity, the chief means to knowledge for renunciants; or who brings all beings to calm.
  82. 582shāntahशान्तःSerene, untouched by attachment to the pleasures of the senses.
  83. 583nishthāनिष्ठाHe in whom all beings come wholly to rest at the dissolution.
  84. 584shāntihशान्तिःPeace: the ending of all ignorance, which is Brahman itself.
  85. 585parāyanamपरायणम्The highest goal, the supreme abode from which there is no return.
  86. 586shubhāngahशुभाङ्गःHe who bears a beautiful form.
  87. 587shāntidahशान्तिदःHe who gives peace, the freedom from attachment, aversion and the like.
  88. 588srashtāस्रष्टाHe who brought forth all beings at the beginning of creation.
  89. 589kumudahकुमुदःHe who rejoices upon the earth.
  90. 590kuvaleshayahकुवलेशयःHe who reposes in the waters that encircle the earth; or upon the serpent Śeṣa.
  91. 591gohitahगोहितःHe who did good to the cows by lifting Govardhana; or who took a body to lift the earth's burden.
  92. 592gopatihगोपतिःLord of the earth.
  93. 593goptāगोप्ताProtector of the world; or He who veils Himself by His own māyā.
  94. 594vrishabhākshahवृषभाक्षःHe whose eyes shower every wish; or whose very sight is dharma.
  95. 595vrishapriyahवृषप्रियःHe to whom dharma is dear.
  96. 596anivartīअनिवर्तीHe who never turns back from the battle of gods and asuras; or who never turns from dharma.
  97. 597nivrittātmāनिवृत्तात्माHe whose mind by its very nature has turned away from the objects of the senses.
  98. 598sanksheptāसंक्षेप्ताHe who draws the vast universe back into subtle form at the dissolution.
  99. 599kshemakritक्षेमकृत्He who safeguards what has been gained.
  100. 600shivahशिवःThe auspicious one, who purifies by the mere remembrance of His name.
Names 601–700shrīvatsavakshāh
  1. 601shrīvatsavakshāhश्रीवत्सवक्षाःHe on whose chest rests the sacred mark called Śrīvatsa.
  2. 602shrīvāsahश्रीवासःHe on whose chest Śrī dwells, never departing.
  3. 603shrīpatihश्रीपतिःHe whom Śrī chose as husband at the churning of the ocean, passing over all gods and asuras; or Lord of the supreme Śakti.
  4. 604shrīmatām varahश्रीमतां वरःForemost of all whose glory is the Veda, Brahmā and the rest, for the Ṛk, Yajus and Sāman are true Śrī.
  5. 605shrīdahश्रीदःHe who gives Śrī, prosperity, to His devotees.
  6. 606shrīshahश्रीशःLord of Śrī.
  7. 607shrīnivāsahश्रीनिवासःHe who dwells forever in those blessed with Śrī.
  8. 608shrīnidhihश्रीनिधिःThe treasure-house in whom every form of Śrī is stored, for He holds all powers.
  9. 609shrīvibhāvanahश्रीविभावनःHe who bestows manifold fortunes on all beings according to their karma.
  10. 610shrīdharahश्रीधरःHe who carries on His chest Śrī, mother of all beings.
  11. 611shrīkarahश्रीकरःHe who brings Śrī to devotees who remember, praise and worship Him.
  12. 612shreyahश्रेयःThe highest good, the attainment of unfailing happiness, which is His own nature.
  13. 613shrīmānश्रीमान्He to whom every form of Śrī belongs.
  14. 614lokatrayāshrayahलोकत्रयाश्रयःThe refuge of the three worlds.
  15. 615svakshahस्वक्षःHe whose beautiful eyes are like the lotus.
  16. 616svangahस्वङ्गःHe whose limbs are beautiful.
  17. 617shatānandahशतानन्दःThe one supreme bliss, appearing a hundredfold through differing limiting conditions.
  18. 618nandihनन्दिःHe whose very form is supreme bliss.
  19. 619jyotirganeshvarahज्योतिर्गणेश्वरःLord of the hosts of lights, by whose shining all else shines.
  20. 620vijitātmāविजितात्माHe who has mastered the mind.
  21. 621avidheyātmāअविधेयात्माHe whose own nature no one can command.
  22. 622satkīrtihसत्कीर्तिःHe whose fame is true and never false.
  23. 623chhinnasamshayahछिन्नसंशयःHe in whom no doubt remains, who sees all directly like a fruit in the palm of the hand.
  24. 624udīrnahउदीर्णःExalted above all beings.
  25. 625sarvatashchakshuhसर्वतश्चक्षुःHe who sees everything everywhere by His own consciousness.
  26. 626anīshahअनीशःHe over whom there is no lord.
  27. 627shāshvatasthirahशाश्वतस्थिरःEternal and ever steady, He never undergoes any change.
  28. 628bhūshayahभूशयःHe who lay upon the ground by the sea, seeking the way to Laṅkā.
  29. 629bhūshanahभूषणःHe who adorns the earth through His many freely chosen avatāras.
  30. 630bhūtihभूतिःBeing itself, pure existence; or splendour, the source of all glories.
  31. 631vishokahविशोकःFree of all sorrow, for He is supreme bliss alone.
  32. 632shokanāshanahशोकनाशनःHe who destroys the sorrow of His devotees by mere remembrance.
  33. 633archishmānअर्चिष्मान्The radiant one, by whose light the moon, the sun and the rest shine.
  34. 634architahअर्चितःHe who is worshipped by all the worlds, even by Brahmā and the gods.
  35. 635kumbhahकुम्भःHe in whom all things rest, as in a vessel.
  36. 636vishuddhātmāविशुद्धात्माThe pure Self, beyond the three guṇas.
  37. 637vishodhanahविशोधनःHe who purifies, destroying sins by mere remembrance.
  38. 638aniruddhahअनिरुद्धःThe fourth of the four vyūhas; or He whom no foe can ever restrain.
  39. 639apratirathahअप्रतिरथःHe who has no rival to stand against Him.
  40. 640pradyumnahप्रद्युम्नःHe whose wealth is surpassing; or one of the four vyūhas.
  41. 641amitavikramahअमितविक्रमःHe whose valour is boundless; or whose valour none can harm.
  42. 642kālaneminihāकालनेमिनिहाSlayer of the asura Kālanemi.
  43. 643vīrahवीरःThe valiant hero.
  44. 644shaurihशौरिःBorn in the line of Śūra.
  45. 645shūrajaneshvarahशूरजनेश्वरःHe who rules over the valiant, Indra and the rest, by His surpassing valour.
  46. 646trilokātmāत्रिलोकात्माSelf of the three worlds, dwelling within them; or He from whom they are not truly different.
  47. 647trilokeshahत्रिलोकेशःLord of the three worlds, at whose command each keeps to its own work.
  48. 648keshavahकेशवःHe who holds the rays called keśas that shine in the sun and other lights; or the powers called Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva.
  49. 649keshihāकेशिहाSlayer of the asura Keśin.
  50. 650harihहरिःHe who takes away saṃsāra together with its cause.
  51. 651kāmadevahकामदेवःThe God desired by all who seek the four aims of life, dharma and the rest.
  52. 652kāmapālahकामपालःHe who guards the desires of those who desire.
  53. 653kāmīकामीHe whose nature is to have every desire fulfilled.
  54. 654kāntahकान्तःHe who bears a body of surpassing beauty; or at whose end even Brahmā meets his end.
  55. 655kritāgamahकृतागमःHe who made the āgama, sacred scripture as śruti and smṛti.
  56. 656anirdeshyavapuhअनिर्देश्यवपुःHe whose form cannot be pointed out as this or such, being beyond the guṇas.
  57. 657vishnuhविष्णुःHe whose radiance pervades heaven and earth and shines beyond them.
  58. 658vīrahवीरःHe who moves, brings forth, shines, casts away and consumes.
  59. 659anantahअनन्तःEndless, unbounded by place, time or thing, being all-pervading, eternal and the Self of all.
  60. 660dhananjayahधनंजयःArjuna, who won great wealth in conquering the quarters; this too is He.
  61. 661brahmanyahब्रह्मण्यःHe who is good to all that is called brahman: tapas, the Vedas, the brāhmaṇas and knowledge.
  62. 662brahmakritब्रह्मकृत्He who performs tapas and all else that is called brahman.
  63. 663brahmāब्रह्माHe who creates all things as Brahmā.
  64. 664brahmaब्रह्मBrahman, vast and ever-expanding, whose nature is truth, knowledge and infinity.
  65. 665brahmavivardhanahब्रह्मविवर्धनःHe who makes tapas and all that is called brahman grow.
  66. 666brahmavitब्रह्मवित्He who knows the Veda and its meaning truly.
  67. 667brāhmanahब्राह्मणःHe who as a brāhmaṇa teaches the Veda to all the worlds.
  68. 668brahmīब्रह्मीHe to whom all that is called brahman belongs as part of Himself.
  69. 669brahmagnyahब्रह्मज्ञःHe who knows the Vedas as His own Self.
  70. 670brāhmanapriyahब्राह्मणप्रियःBeloved of the brāhmaṇas; or He to whom the brāhmaṇas are dear.
  71. 671mahākramahमहाक्रमःHe whose strides are mighty.
  72. 672mahākarmāमहाकर्माHe whose works are great: the creation of the universe and the rest.
  73. 673mahātejāhमहातेजाःHe whose great radiance lends radiance to the sun and all bright things.
  74. 674mahoragahमहोरगःThe great serpent, for among serpents He is Vāsuki.
  75. 675mahākratuhमहाक्रतुःThe great sacrifice, the aśvamedha, king of rites, which too is He.
  76. 676mahāyajvāमहायज्वाThe great sacrificer, who performs sacrifices to guide the world.
  77. 677mahāyagnyahमहायज्ञःThe great sacrifice, for among sacrifices He is the sacrifice of japa.
  78. 678mahāhavihमहाहविःThe great oblation: the whole universe offered into Brahman, the Self, as one with it.
  79. 679stavyahस्तव्यःHe who is praised by all, yet Himself praises no one.
  80. 680stavapriyahस्तवप्रियःHe who delights in praise, being the One whom all beings praise.
  81. 681stotramस्तोत्रम्The hymn itself: the singing of His qualities, by which He is praised, is Hari Himself.
  82. 682stutihस्तुतिःThe very act of praising, which is none other than He.
  83. 683stotāस्तोताThe one who praises: the praiser too is He alone.
  84. 684ranapriyahरणप्रियःHe to whom battle is dear, ever bearing the five great weapons to protect the worlds.
  85. 685pūrna:पूर्ण:The Full One, endowed with every desire and every power.
  86. 686pūrayitāपूरयिताNot only full Himself, He fills all beings with prosperity.
  87. 687punyahपुण्यःThe Holy One, who destroys all sins by mere remembrance of Him.
  88. 688punyakīrtihपुण्यकीर्तिःWhose fame is holy, for His glory brings merit to all who hear it.
  89. 689anāmayahअनामयःHe who is never afflicted by ills, inner or outer, born of karma.
  90. 690manojavahमनोजवःSwift as the mind, for He is present everywhere.
  91. 691tīrthakarahतीर्थकरःThe maker of the fords of learning: author and teacher of the fourteen branches of knowledge, and of teachings outside the Veda too.
  92. 692vasuretāhवसुरेताःWhose seed is gold: the seed He cast into the first waters became the golden egg from which Brahmā arose.
  93. 693vasupradahवसुप्रदःHe who gives wealth abundantly, being Himself the true lord of riches, by whose grace any other holds that office.
  94. 694vasupradahवसुप्रदःHe who grants His devotees the highest wealth, the fruit called mokṣa.
  95. 695vāsudevahवासुदेवःThe son of Vasudeva.
  96. 696vasuhवसुःIn whom all beings dwell, and who dwells in all beings.
  97. 697vasumanāhवसुमनाःWhose mind dwells equally in all things, without partiality.
  98. 698havihहविःThe oblation itself, for the offering is Brahman.
  99. 699sadgatihसद्गतिःThe goal reached by the good, those who know that Brahman is.
  100. 700satkritihसत्कृतिःWhose work is good: the protection of the world.
Names 701–800sattā
  1. 701sattāसत्ताPure Being: the one experience without a second, free of every kind of difference.
  2. 702sadbhūtihसद्भूतिःThe Paramātman who alone truly is, pure consciousness, never negated and ever shining.
  3. 703satparāyanamसत्परायणम्The supreme refuge of the good, those who know the truth.
  4. 704shūrasenahशूरसेनःWhose army is of heroes, valiant warriors led by Hanumān.
  5. 705yadushreshthahयदुश्रेष्ठःThe foremost of the Yadus.
  6. 706sannivāsahसन्निवासःThe dwelling of the good, the refuge of the wise.
  7. 707suyāmunahसुयामुनःSurrounded by the noble ones of the Yamunā, Devakī, Vasudeva, Nanda, Yaśodā, Balabhadra, Subhadrā and others.
  8. 708bhūtāvāsahभूतावासःIn whom all beings chiefly dwell.
  9. 709vāsudeva:वासुदेव:The God who covers the whole world with His māyā, as the sun covers it with its rays.
  10. 710sarvāsunilayahसर्वासुनिलयःIn whom, as their support, the life-breaths of all jīvas come to rest.
  11. 711analahअनलःHe whose wealth of powers has no limit; nothing is ever enough to measure it.
  12. 712darpahāदर्पहाHe who destroys the pride of those who stand on paths against dharma.
  13. 713darpadahदर्पदःHe who gives a rightful pride to those who walk the path of dharma.
  14. 714driptahदृप्तःEver joyful, tasting the nectar of His own Self.
  15. 715durdharahदुर्धरःHard to hold in meditation, being free of all limiting adjuncts; held in the heart only with difficulty, by His grace, after thousands of births.
  16. 716aparājitahअपराजितःNever vanquished, neither by inner foes like passion nor by outer foes like the Dānavas.
  17. 717vishvamūrtihविश्वमूर्तिःWhose form is the universe, for He is the Self of all.
  18. 718mahāmūrtihमहामूर्तिःWhose form is vast, reclining on the couch of Śeṣa.
  19. 719dīptamūrtihदीप्तमूर्तिःWhose form is radiant, made of knowledge.
  20. 720amūrtimānअमूर्तिमान्Who has no body bound by karma.
  21. 721anekamūrtihअनेकमूर्तिःWho takes many forms in His avatāras by His own will, for the good of the worlds.
  22. 722avyaktahअव्यक्तःThe unmanifest: though of many forms, none can show that He is truly such.
  23. 723shatamūrtihशतमूर्तिःOf a hundred forms, all arising as modes of Him whose nature is consciousness.
  24. 724shatānanahशताननःHundred-faced, since the universe and every form are His.
  25. 725ekoएकोThe One: in truth free of every difference, one without a second.
  26. 726naikahनैकःNot one, appearing as many through māyā.
  27. 727savahसवःThe sacrifice in which the soma is pressed.
  28. 728kahकःBliss: He is praised as joy, for Brahman is bliss.
  29. 729kimकिम्Brahman, the One to be inquired into, for He is every goal of human life.
  30. 730yatयत्Brahman, the self-existent reality from which all beings are born.
  31. 731tatतत्Brahman, That which spreads forth everything.
  32. 732padamanuttamamपदमनुत्तमम्The supreme goal, sought by those who long for mokṣa, beyond which nothing is higher.
  33. 733lokabandhuhलोकबन्धुःThe kinsman of the worlds, their support, in whom all the worlds are held together.
  34. 734lokanāthahलोकनाथःThe Lord of the worlds, to whom they pray and who rules over them.
  35. 735mādhavahमाधवःBorn in the clan of Madhu.
  36. 736bhaktavatsalahभक्तवत्सलःFull of tender love for His devotees.
  37. 737suvarnavarnahसुवर्णवर्णःWhose hue is like gold.
  38. 738hemāngahहेमाङ्गःWhose body is like gold, the golden Puruṣa within the sun.
  39. 739varāngahवराङ्गःWhose limbs are beautiful.
  40. 740chandanāngadīचन्दनाङ्गदीAdorned with delightful armlets.
  41. 741vīrahāवीरहाHe who slays the mighty asura heroes to protect dharma.
  42. 742vishamahविषमःWithout equal, being unlike all else.
  43. 743shūnyaशून्यLike a void, being free of every attribute.
  44. 744ghritāshīhघृताशीःIn whom all wishes and longings have fallen away.
  45. 745achalahअचलःUnmoving, never wavering from His nature, His power, or His knowledge and other qualities.
  46. 746chalahचलःHe who moves, as the wind.
  47. 747amānīअमानीFree of the sense of self in what is not the Ātman, for He is pure awareness.
  48. 748mānadoमानदोHe who by His māyā gives all beings the sense of self in the non-self, or who gives honour to His devotees.
  49. 749mānyahमान्यःWorthy of honour and worship by all, being the Lord of all.
  50. 750lokasvāmīलोकस्वामीLord of the fourteen worlds.
  51. 751trilokadhrikत्रिलोकधृक्Upholder of the three worlds.
  52. 752sumedhāhसुमेधाःOf excellent wisdom.
  53. 753medhajahमेधजःBorn in the sacrifice.
  54. 754dhanyahधन्यःFulfilled, having accomplished every end.
  55. 755satyamedhāhसत्यमेधाःWhose wisdom is true and never false.
  56. 756dharādharahधराधरःUpholding the whole earth through His portions such as Śeṣa.
  57. 757tejovrishahतेजोवृषःWho as the sun ever pours down the waters as rain.
  58. 758dyutidharahद्युतिधरःBearing the splendour that shines in His form.
  59. 759sarvashastrabhritām varahसर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरःForemost of all who bear weapons.
  60. 760pragrahahप्रग्रहःHe who accepts the leaves, flowers and other offerings of His devotees.
  61. 761nigrahahनिग्रहःHe who holds everything in check under His sway.
  62. 762vyagrahव्यग्रःWho has no end and no destruction.
  63. 763naikashringahनैकशृङ्गःOf many horns: the four-horned One the Veda speaks of.
  64. 764gadāgrajahगदाग्रजःHe who first comes forth through the spoken mantra, or the elder brother of Gada.
  65. 765chaturmūrtihचतुर्मूर्तिःOf four forms: Virāṭ, Sūtra, Avyākṛta and Turīya.
  66. 766chaturbāhuhचतुर्बाहुःFour-armed, a name proper to Vāsudeva.
  67. 767chaturvyūhahचतुर्व्यूहःWhose four manifestations are the four Puruṣas: of the body, of the metres, of the Veda, and the Great Puruṣa.
  68. 768chaturgatihचतुर्गतिःThe goal of the four āśramas and the four varṇas who act as enjoined.
  69. 769chaturātmāचतुरात्माWhose mind is clear and skilful, free of attachment and aversion.
  70. 770chaturbhāvahचतुर्भावःSource of the four aims of life: dharma, artha, kāma and mokṣa.
  71. 771chaturvedavitचतुर्वेदवित्Who truly knows the meaning of the four Vedas.
  72. 772ekapātएकपात्One-footed: all beings are but one quarter of Him, the whole universe upheld by one portion.
  73. 773samāvartahसमावर्तःHe who skilfully turns the wheel of saṃsāra.
  74. 774anivrittātmāअनिवृत्तात्माWhose Self never turns away from anything, being present everywhere.
  75. 775durjayahदुर्जयःWho cannot be conquered.
  76. 776duratikramahदुरतिक्रमःWhose command none can transgress; in fear of Him the sun and the rest do their work.
  77. 777durlabhahदुर्लभःAttained only through devotion, which is itself so rare.
  78. 778durgamahदुर्गमःKnown only with great difficulty.
  79. 779durgahदुर्गःReached only with difficulty by those held back by obstacles.
  80. 780durāvāsahदुरावासःHard to settle within the mind, even for yogīs in samādhi.
  81. 781durārihāदुरारिहाSlayer of wicked foes such as the Dānavas.
  82. 782shubhāngahशुभाङ्गःMeditated upon in a form of beautiful limbs.
  83. 783lokasārangahलोकसारङ्गःWho draws out the essence of the worlds, as a bee draws honey.
  84. 784sutantuhसुतन्तुःWhose thread, this vast world He has spread out, is beautiful.
  85. 785tantuvardhanahतन्तुवर्धनःWho makes that same thread of the world grow, or cuts it.
  86. 786indrakarmāइन्द्रकर्माWhose deeds are like Indra's, deeds of sovereign lordship.
  87. 787mahākarmāमहाकर्माWhose works are great: the elements, space and the rest.
  88. 788kritakarmāकृतकर्माWho has nothing left to do, being fulfilled in all things.
  89. 789kritāgamahकृतागमःWho brought forth the Veda, which is His very breath.
  90. 790udbhavahउद्भवःHe who takes on exalted births by His own free will, or who, as the cause of all, has no birth at all.
  91. 791sundarahसुन्दरःThe Beautiful One, whose grace and splendour surpass the whole universe.
  92. 792sundahसुन्दःHe who moistens the heart well: the one whose tenderness makes Him an ocean of compassion.
  93. 793ratnanābhahरत्ननाभःHe whose navel is beautiful and radiant like a jewel.
  94. 794sulochanahसुलोचनःHe of beautiful eyes, or of beautiful wisdom.
  95. 795arkahअर्कःHe who is worthy of worship even by Brahmā and the most worshipful of beings.
  96. 796vājasanahवाजसनःHe who gives food to all who ask for it.
  97. 797shringīशृङ्गीThe Horned One: He who took the form of a great horned fish in the waters of dissolution.
  98. 798jayantahजयन्तःHe who utterly conquers His foes, or who is the cause of every victory.
  99. 799sarvavijjayīसर्वविज्जयीThe all-knowing Conqueror, who knows everything and by nature overcomes every foe, within and without, from passion to Hiraṇyākṣa.
  100. 800suvarnabinduhसुवर्णबिन्दुःHe whose limbs are like gold, golden to the very nail-tips; or He who is the mantra of beautiful letters and bindu.
Names 801–900akshobhyah
  1. 801akshobhyahअक्षोभ्यःThe Unshakable, whom neither passion and aversion, nor the objects of the senses, nor the foes of the gods can disturb.
  2. 802sarvavāgīshvareshvarahसर्ववागीश्वरेश्वरःThe Lord even of Brahmā and all the masters of speech.
  3. 803mahāhradoमहाह्रदोThe Great Lake, in whose bliss yogins plunge and rest at ease.
  4. 804mahāgartahमहागर्तःHe whose māyā is vast and hard to cross like a great chasm; or the great chariot-warrior.
  5. 805mahābhūtahमहाभूतःThe Great Being, whose nature is unbounded by past, present and future.
  6. 806mahānidhihमहानिधिःThe Great Treasury, in whom all beings are laid up and held.
  7. 807kumudahकुमुदःHe who gladdens the earth by taking away her burden.
  8. 808kundarahकुन्दरःHe who, taking the form of the Boar, pierced the earth to slay Hiraṇyākṣa.
  9. 809kundahकुंदःHe whose limbs are beautiful like the jasmine and clear as crystal; or He who gave the earth to Kaśyapa.
  10. 810parjanyahपर्जन्यःHe who, like the rain cloud, quenches the threefold suffering, or showers down all desires.
  11. 811pāvanahपावनःHe who purifies by mere remembrance.
  12. 812anilahअनिलःHe who has none to impel Him; or He who never sleeps, ever awake in His own nature.
  13. 813amritāshahअमृताशःHe who partakes of the nectar of His own Self.
  14. 814amritavapuhअमृतवपुःHe whose body is free from death.
  15. 815sarvagnyahसर्वज्ञःThe Omniscient, who knows all things.
  16. 816sarvatomukhahसर्वतोमुखःHe who faces every direction, with eyes, heads and faces everywhere.
  17. 817sulabhahसुलभःHe who is easily reached by one who offers, with devotion alone, a leaf, a flower, a fruit.
  18. 818suvratahसुव्रतःHe who partakes of food well, or who refrains from it.
  19. 819siddhahसिद्धःThe Accomplished, whose perfection depends on nothing other than Himself.
  20. 820shatrujitशत्रुजित्He who conquers His enemies, the enemies of the gods.
  21. 821shatrutāpanahशत्रुतापनःHe who scorches the enemies of the gods.
  22. 822nyagrodhahन्यग्रोधःHe who grows downward and yet stands above all, like the banyan.
  23. 823udumbarahउदुम्बरःHe who rises above the sky as its cause; or who nourishes the world as food and strength.
  24. 824ashvatthahअश्वत्थःThe Aśvattha tree of the world, which does not stand even till tomorrow, with roots above and branches below.
  25. 825chānūrāndhranishūdanahचाणूरान्ध्रनिषूदनःThe Slayer of Cāṇūra, the Andhra wrestler.
  26. 826sahasrārchihसहस्रार्चिःHe of a thousand rays, endless in His radiance like a thousand suns in the sky.
  27. 827saptajihva:सप्तजिह्व:He who, as fire, has seven tongues of flame.
  28. 828saptaidhā:सप्तैधा:He who, as fire, has seven flames or seven kindlings.
  29. 829saptavāhanahसप्तवाहनःHe whose mounts are seven horses, or one horse of seven names.
  30. 830amūrtiअमूर्तिThe Formless One, free of the dense form of moving and unmoving things, and free of a body of limbs.
  31. 831anaghahअनघःThe Sinless One, untouched by sorrow and by sin.
  32. 832achintyahअचिन्त्यःThe Inconceivable: the witness of every knower, beyond the reach of every means of knowledge.
  33. 833bhayakritभयकृत्He who brings fear to those on the wrong path, or cuts away the fear of His devotees.
  34. 834bhayanāshanahभयनाशनःHe who destroys the fear of those who keep the dharma of their station and stage of life.
  35. 835anuhअणुःThe Subtle One, the Ātman finer than the finest, to be known by the mind.
  36. 836brihatबृहत्The Vast One: Brahman, greater than the great.
  37. 837krishahकृशःThe Slender One, in whom all grossness and substance are denied.
  38. 838sthūlahस्थूलःThe Gross One, so called because He is the Self of all.
  39. 839gunabhritगुणभृत्He who bears the guṇas, presiding over sattva, rajas and tamas in creation, preservation and dissolution.
  40. 840nirgunahनिर्गुणःHe who is without guṇas, for in truth no quality belongs to Him.
  41. 841mahānमहान्The Great One, so subtle, pure and all-pervading that nothing can be predicated of Him.
  42. 842adhritahअधृतःHe who upholds even the upholders, earth and the rest, and is upheld by nothing.
  43. 843svadhritahस्वधृतःHe who is upheld by Himself alone, established in His own glory.
  44. 844svāsyahस्वास्यःHe of the beautiful face, copper-tinted like the inside of a lotus; or from whose mouth the Veda came forth.
  45. 845prāgvamshoप्राग्वंशोHe whose lineage, the universe, comes first and follows from no one before Him.
  46. 846vamshavardhanahवंशवर्धनःHe who makes His lineage, the universe, grow, or cuts it off.
  47. 847bhārabhritभारभृत्He who, as Ananta and other forms, bears the burden of the earth.
  48. 848kathitahकथितःThe One Proclaimed by all the Vedas.
  49. 849yogīयोगीThe Yogī, who through yoga keeps the mind joined to the Ātman.
  50. 850yogīshahयोगीशःThe Lord of yogins, who never strays from His own nature as even yogins do.
  51. 851sarvakāmadaसर्वकामदHe who ever grants all desires; every fruit comes from Him.
  52. 852āshramahआश्रमःThe Hermitage: the resting place for all who wander in the forest of saṃsāra.
  53. 853shramanahश्रमणःHe who brings suffering to all who lack discernment.
  54. 854kshāmahक्षामःHe who makes all beings wane and wither.
  55. 855suparnahसुपर्णःHe whose beautiful leaves are the Vedic metres, as the tree of saṃsāra.
  56. 856vāyuvāhanahवायुवाहनःHe for fear of whom the wind carries all beings.
  57. 857dhanurdharahधनुर्धरःThe Bow-Bearer: glorious Rāma, who held the mighty bow.
  58. 858dhanurvedahधनुर्वेदःRāma, son of Daśaratha, who knows the science of the bow.
  59. 859dandahदण्डःThe Rod of punishment among those who restrain.
  60. 860damayitāदमयिताHe who restrains beings in the forms of Yama, kings and the like.
  61. 861damahदमःRestraint itself, the fruit that punishment brings about in those who must be restrained.
  62. 862aparājitahअपराजितःThe Unconquered, never defeated by His enemies.
  63. 863sarvasahahसर्वसहःHe who is able in every work, or who withstands all His foes.
  64. 864niyantāनियन्ताThe Ruler, who sets each being to its own appointed task.
  65. 865aniyamahअनियमःHe over whom no law or limit holds, since there is no ruler above the Ruler of all.
  66. 866ayamahअयमःHe over whom death has no hold.
  67. 867sattvavānसत्त्ववान्He who is endowed with strength, valour and courage.
  68. 868sāttvikahसात्त्विकःHe who abides chiefly in the guṇa of sattva.
  69. 869satyahसत्यःThe True One, for He is good among the good.
  70. 870satyadharmaparāyanahसत्यधर्मपरायणःHe who is steadfast in truth, speaking things as they are, and in dharma as the Veda enjoins.
  71. 871abhiprāyahअभिप्रायःHe who is sought by all who seek the ends of life; or into whom the world goes at dissolution.
  72. 872priyārhahप्रियार्हःHe who is worthy of every dear and cherished offering.
  73. 873arhahअर्हःThe Worthy One, to be worshipped with welcome, seat, praise, water and salutation.
  74. 874priyakritप्रियकृत्He who does what is dear to those who worship Him with praise.
  75. 875prītivardhanahप्रीतिवर्धनःHe who makes the love of His devotees grow.
  76. 876vihāyasagatihविहायसगतिःHe whose abode is the sky, the realm of Viṣṇu; or who is the sun.
  77. 877jyotihज्योतिःThe Light, shining by Himself: Nārāyaṇa, the supreme light.
  78. 878suruchihसुरुचिःHe of beautiful radiance, or of beautiful will.
  79. 879hutabhukहुतभुक्He who receives the oblations, even in rites offered to all the gods; or who protects them.
  80. 880vibhuhविभुःThe all-pervading One, present everywhere, or lord of the three worlds.
  81. 881ravihरविःThe Sun, who draws up the waters.
  82. 882virochanahविरोचनःHe who shines in many ways.
  83. 883sūryahसूर्यःThe Sun, who brings forth all things.
  84. 884savitāसविताHe who gives birth to the whole universe.
  85. 885ravilochanahरविलोचनःHe whose eye is the sun.
  86. 886anantahअनन्तःThe Infinite, eternal and all-pervading, without bounds of place or time; or Śeṣa.
  87. 887hutabhukहुतभुक्He who receives the oblations offered in sacrifice.
  88. 888bhoktāभोक्ताThe Enjoyer, who enjoys Prakṛti, insentient and to be enjoyed; or who protects the world.
  89. 889sukhadahसुखदःHe who gives His devotees the happiness that is mokṣa; or who cuts away their unhappiness.
  90. 890naikajahनैकजःHe who is born not once but many times, to protect dharma.
  91. 891agrajahअग्रजःThe First-Born, born before all: Hiraṇyagarbha.
  92. 892anirvinnahअनिर्विण्णःHe who knows no weariness, for He has every desire fulfilled.
  93. 893sadāmarshīसदामर्षीHe who is ever forbearing toward the good.
  94. 894lokādhishthānamलोकाधिष्ठानंThe Ground of the worlds: Brahman, the support without support on which the three worlds stand.
  95. 895adbhutahअद्भुतःThe Wonderful One, wondrous in His nature, power, deeds and works.
  96. 896sanātसनात्The Eternal One: time itself is but a form of the Supreme.
  97. 897sanātanatamahसनातनतमःThe most ancient of the ancient, older even than Brahmā and the eternal ones, as the cause of all.
  98. 898kapilahकपिलःHe who takes the tawny colour of the submarine fire.
  99. 899kapihकपिःThe Sun, who drinks up the waters with his rays; or the Boar.
  100. 900apyayahअप्ययःHe into whom the worlds go at dissolution.
Names 901–1000svastidah
  1. 901svastidahस्वस्तिदःHe who gives auspiciousness to His devotees.
  2. 902svastikritस्वस्तिकृत्He who brings about auspiciousness.
  3. 903svastiस्वस्तिAuspiciousness itself, His own nature, which is the supreme bliss.
  4. 904svastibhukस्वस्तिभुक्He who enjoys auspiciousness; or who guards the welfare of His devotees.
  5. 905svastidakshinahस्वस्तिदक्षिणःHe who grows as auspiciousness itself, and is swift to grant it to those who remember Him.
  6. 906araudrahअरौद्रःFree from the three fierce things, harsh action, passion and anger, since every desire of His already stands fulfilled.
  7. 907kundalīकुण्डलीHe who takes the form of the serpent Śeṣa, or who wears earrings bright as the disc of the sun.
  8. 908chakrīचक्रीHe who holds the discus Sudarśana, the principle of mind, to protect all the worlds.
  9. 909vikramīविक्रमीHe whose stride and whose valour are both unlike those of any other being.
  10. 910ūrjitashāsanahऊर्जितशासनःHe whose mighty command is the Veda and the smṛti, which no one may set aside.
  11. 911shabdātigahशब्दातिगःHe who lies beyond all words, for nothing in Him, no class or quality, gives speech a hold.
  12. 912shabdasahahशब्दसहःHe whom all the Vedas declare, for He alone is the whole purport of every Veda.
  13. 913shishirahशिशिरःThe cool place of rest for those scorched by the three kinds of suffering.
  14. 914sharvarīkarahशर्वरीकरःHe who makes night for both: the Ātman is night to the worldly, and the world is night to the wise.
  15. 915akrūrahअक्रूरःHe in whom there is no cruelty at all.
  16. 916peshalahपेशलःHe who is gentle and graceful in action, in mind and in speech.
  17. 917dakshahदक्षःHe who is grown great in every way, full in might.
  18. 918dakshinahदक्षिणःHe who is able in every work, equal to all that is to be done.
  19. 919kshaminām varahक्षमिणां वरःThe foremost of all who are patient and forbearing.
  20. 920vidvattamahविद्वत्तमःThe wisest of all who know.
  21. 921vītabhayahवीतभयःHe from whom all fear has gone.
  22. 922punyashravanakīrtanahपुण्यश्रवणकीर्तनःHe of whom to hear and to sing is holy, bringing merit to all who listen or praise.
  23. 923uttāranahउत्तारणःHe who carries beings across the ocean of saṃsāra to the other shore.
  24. 924dushkritihāदुष्कृतिहाHe who destroys evil deeds, the sins that weigh on beings.
  25. 925punyahपुण्यःHe who makes holy all who remember Him and sing His names.
  26. 926duhsvapnanāshanahदुःस्वप्ननाशनःHe who, meditated on, praised and worshipped, dispels the bad dreams that foretell coming harm.
  27. 927vīrahāवीरहाHe who ends the many wanderings of worldly beings by granting them mokṣa.
  28. 928rakshanahरक्षणःHe who protects the three worlds, abiding in the guṇa of sattva.
  29. 929santahसन्तःThe good, who walk the true path; He Himself lives in their form, to make learning and humility grow.
  30. 930jīvanahजीवनःHe who keeps all creatures alive, dwelling in them as prāṇa.
  31. 931paryavasthitahपर्यवस्थितःHe who stands pervading the whole universe on every side.
  32. 932anantarūpahअनन्तरूपःHe of endless forms, abiding as the whole manifold universe.
  33. 933anantashrīhअनन्तश्रीःHe whose glory, His supreme power, is without measure.
  34. 934jitamanyuhजितमन्युःHe who has conquered anger.
  35. 935bhayāpahahभयापहःHe who takes away the fear that saṃsāra brings to people.
  36. 936chaturashrahचतुरश्रःThe just one, who gives each person the fruit that fits their karma.
  37. 937gabhīrātmāगभीरात्माHe whose nature and whose mind are too deep to be measured.
  38. 938vidishahविदिशःHe who distributes manifold fruits, each to the one entitled to it.
  39. 939vyādishahव्यादिशःHe who gives His varied commands to Indra and the other gods.
  40. 940dishahदिशःHe who, as the Veda, points out the fruits of all actions.
  41. 941anādihअनादिःHe who has no beginning, no cause before Him, being Himself the cause of all.
  42. 942bhūrbhuvahभूर्भुवःThe support even of the earth, which upholds all beings.
  43. 943lakshmīhलक्ष्मीःThe splendour of the earth; or the knowledge of the Ātman.
  44. 944suvīrahसुवीरःHe whose many ways of moving are all auspicious.
  45. 945ruchirāngadahरुचिराङ्गदःHe who wears beautiful, auspicious armlets.
  46. 946jananahजननःHe who brings living beings to birth.
  47. 947janajanmādihजनजन्मादिःThe root cause of the birth of every being that is born.
  48. 948bhīmahभीमःThe awesome one, before whom all things stand in fear.
  49. 949bhīmaparākramahभीमपराक्रमःHe whose prowess in His avatāras strikes fear into the asuras.
  50. 950ādhāranilayahआधारनिलयःThe abode on which the five elements, the supports of all, themselves rest.
  51. 951adhātāअधाताHe who holds Himself up by Himself, with no one else to uphold Him.
  52. 952pushpahāsahपुष्पहासःHe who opens out as the universe, as buds break into flower.
  53. 953prajāgarahप्रजागरःEver wakeful, for His very nature is eternal awareness.
  54. 954ūrdhvagahऊर्ध्वगःHe who stands above all.
  55. 955satpathāchārahसत्पथाचारःHe who follows the ways of the good, the deeds of the virtuous.
  56. 956prānadahप्राणदःHe who gives back life to the dead, as He did to Parīkṣit.
  57. 957pranavahप्रणवःPraṇava, the sacred Oṃ that names the Paramātman, one with what it names.
  58. 958panahपणःHe who carries on all the dealings of the world, shaping every form and giving each its name.
  59. 959pramānamप्रमाणम्Pure self-luminous awareness, the very act of knowing, for Brahman is consciousness.
  60. 960prānanilayahप्राणनिलयःHe in whom the senses and the vital breaths come to rest.
  61. 961prānabhritप्राणभृत्He who sustains the prāṇas, nourishing them as food.
  62. 962prānajīvanahप्राणजीवनःHe who keeps living beings alive through the breaths called prāṇa.
  63. 963tattvamतत्त्वंReality itself: Brahman, the one truly real.
  64. 964tattvavitतत्त्ववित्He who knows reality, His own nature, exactly as it is.
  65. 965ekātmāएकात्माThe one Ātman, the Self that alone was in the beginning.
  66. 966janmamrityu jarātigahजन्ममृत्यु जरातिगःHe who passes beyond birth, old age, death and all the six changes of being.
  67. 967bhūrbhuvahsvastaruhभूर्भुवःस्वस्तरुःHe whose three forms are the worlds called bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ and svaḥ.
  68. 968tārahतारःThe deliverer, who takes beings over the sea of saṃsāra.
  69. 969savitāसविताThe begetter of all that is.
  70. 970prapitāmahahप्रपितामहःThe father even of Brahmā, the grandsire of all.
  71. 971yagnyahयज्ञःSacrifice itself, for yajña is His very form.
  72. 972yagnyapatihयज्ञपतिःThe lord of all sacrifices.
  73. 973yajvāयज्वाThe sacrificer, present in every sacrifice.
  74. 974yagnyāngahयज्ञाङ्गःThe Boar whose limbs are the sacrifices and every part of the Vedic rite.
  75. 975yagnyavāhanahयज्ञवाहनःHe who carries forward the sacrifices that bring their fruits.
  76. 976yagnyabhritयज्ञभृत्He who upholds and protects the sacrifice.
  77. 977yagnyakritयज्ञकृत्He who brings forth sacrifice at the world's beginning and withdraws it at its end.
  78. 978yagnyīयज्ञीHe to whom all sacrifices belong, for they are nothing but His worship.
  79. 979yagnyabhukयज्ञभुक्He who enjoys the sacrifice.
  80. 980yagnyasādhanahयज्ञसाधनःHe to whom sacrifices are the means of reaching.
  81. 981yagnyāntakritयज्ञान्तकृत्He who brings sacrifice to its end, the gaining of its fruit.
  82. 982yagnyaguhyamयज्ञगुह्यम्The secret of sacrifice: Brahman, one with the sacrifice of knowledge.
  83. 983annamअन्नम्Food: He who is eaten by beings and who eats them.
  84. 984annādahअन्नादःThe eater of food; the whole world is He, as eater and as eaten.
  85. 985ātmayonihआत्मयोनिःHe who is His own womb, the material cause of all and nothing other.
  86. 986svayanjātahस्वयंजातःSelf-born: He is the efficient cause of the world as well.
  87. 987vaikhānahवैखानःHe who digs deep, cleaving the earth with surpassing force.
  88. 988sāmagāyanahसामगायनःHe who sings the Sāman chants.
  89. 989devakīnandanahदेवकीनन्दनःThe son who is the joy of Devakī.
  90. 990srashtāस्रष्टाThe creator of all.
  91. 991kshitīshahक्षितीशःThe lord of the earth.
  92. 992pāpanāshanahपापनाशनःHe who destroys sins.
  93. 993shankhabhritशङ्खभृत्He who bears the conch Pāñcajanya, which is ahaṅkāra, the source of the elements.
  94. 994nandakīनन्दकीHe who bears Nandaka, the sword made of knowledge.
  95. 995chakrīचक्रीHe who holds the discus Sudarśana, the principle of mind; or at whose command the wheel of saṃsāra turns.
  96. 996shārngadhanvāशार्ङ्गधन्वाHe who bears the bow Śārṅga, which is ahaṅkāra, the source of the senses.
  97. 997gadādharahगदाधरःHe who bears the mace Kaumodakī, which is the principle of buddhi.
  98. 998rathāngapāniरथाङ्गपाणिHe who holds in His hand the wheel, the chariot's limb.
  99. 999akshobhyahअक्षोभ्यःHe who, so armed, can never be shaken.
  100. 1000sarvapraharanāyudhahसर्वप्रहरणायुधःHe for whom every striking thing is a weapon, even those never thought of as weapons, like His nails.