Sunday, July 13, 2003

Baby Names from the Vishnu Sahasranamavali

 

Prabhav - One from whom all the great elements have their birth

Prathit – who is famous for his work

Pratyay - One who is of the nature of consciousness

Praman - who is self-certifying

Daksh - who accomplishes everything quickly

Kim - one who is fit to be contemplated upon, because he is the summation of all values

Siddh - established in ones own nature

Aditya – The golden hued person in Sun’s orb

Avyay – He who does not decay; who does not age with time

Akshar – He who cannot be destroyed

Pradhan – nature – maya – prakriti

Sriman – On whose chest ‘Sri’ or wealth dwells

Kesav – One who is kah (Brahma, the creator), ah (Vishnu, the protector), and isa (Siva, the destroyer)

Siva - Pure one; who is not affected by the 3 gunas of sattva, rajas or tamas

Sambhav - One who is born out of his own will

Sambhu - One who bestows happiness on devotees

Svayambhu – One who exists by himself

Hrushikesh – Master of senses

Manu – He who thinks

Krishna – Existence – knowledge – bliss

Pratardan – Destroyer of all at the time of cosmic dissolution

Krti – what can be achieved by all human efforts

Sarma – one who is of the nature of supreme self

Viswaret – Seed of universe

Vyal – Being ungraspable like the sepent

Vikram – The courageous one

Dhanvi - armed with bow

Vasu - One in whom all beings dwell

Rudra – One who drives away ‘ru’ (sorrow)

Babhru - One who governs the world

Vedang - Whose organs are vedas

Kavi – Who sees everything

Anagh - The sinless one

Vaman - One who has to be devoutly worshipped

Amogh - whose acts do not go in vain

Vaidya - who knows all branches of knowledge

Madhu - Honey

Anirudh - One who has never been obstructed by anyone or anything from manifesting in various forms

Suranand - One who bestows joy on all divinities

Samiran - One who in the form of breath keeps all living beings functioning

Vahni - fire

Anil - One who has no fixed residence

Vibhu – One who becomes many from hiranyagarbha downwards

Vardhan - one who augments

Vagmi - from whom the words constituting the Vedas come out

Bhanu - one who shines

Pavan - The purifier

Kanth - who is extremely beautiful

Adidev – source of all devas

Purandar - destroyer of the cities of the enemies of Gods

Ashok - who does not have the 6 defects of sorrow, infatuation, hunger, thirst, birth, and death

Souri - son of sura (God)

Atul - who cannot be compared to anything else

Udbhav - who is the material cause of creation

Karan - who is the most important factor in the generation of universe

Dhruv - who is indestructible

Virat - one in whom the desire for enjoyment has ceased

Pranav - To whom prostration is made with Om

Vayu - cause of smell

Ritu - nature of time

Vidaran - who destroys those who live contrary to dharma

Devesh - One who is the lord of all devas

Uttar - liberated from samsara – supreme

Purujit - One who gains victory over numerous people

Vinay - one who punishes evil ones

Jiva - knower of the body

Mukund - liberator

Pramodan - always joyous, in immortal bliss

Nandan - gives delight

Nanda - endowed with all perfections

Kanakangad - having golden armlets

Susen - who has armed guard in the form of his eternal associates

Varun - evening sun

Sahishnu - who puts up with contraries like hot and cold

Divasprk - one who touches the heaven

Ayonij – not born of a mother

Vachaspati – master of all learning

Subhang - handsome form

Kumud - one who delights in the earth

Kuvalesh - one who lies on a sepent

Udirna - one who is superior to all beings

Anish - who cannot have anyone to lord over him

Archit - the worshipped

Visodhan - who destroys sins by mere remembrance

Pradyumn - One whose wealth is of a superior order

Hari - one who destroys entanglement in birth and death, ignorance and its cause

Vishnu – all pervading; whose brilliance spreads everywhere

Anant – unlimited

Brahmi - One in whom is established parts of brahma, such as tapas, Vedas, mind, prana, etc.

Satanan – has hundred faces, indicating several forms

Hemang - whose form is like that of gold

Varang - having brilliant parts

Sumedh - with great and beneficent intelligence

Udbhav - who assumes great and noble embodiments out of his own will

Srungi - who, at the time of cosmic dissolution assumed the form of a fish having prominent antenna

Kathit - one who is spoken as the highest by the Vedas

Yogish - who is never shaken from yoga or knowledge

Ravi – One who absorbs all rasas (fluids) in the form of sun

Surya - one who generates sri or brilliance

Chakri - who holds the discuss