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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 December 2024. Hindu religious hymn Vishnu Sahasranama Vishnusahasranama manuscript, c. 1690 Information Religion Hinduism Author Vyasa Verses 108 Part of a series on Vaishnavism Supreme deity Vishnu Rama Important deities Dashavatara Matsya Kurma Varaha Narasimha Vamana Parasurama Rama Balarama ...
The Vishnu Sahasranama, of which the most popular version is found in the Anushasana Parva (13.135) of the Mahabharata. [12] [13] Other versions are found in many Puranas linked to Vaishnavism. [14] [15] The Shiva Sahasranama, which is also found in the Anushasana Parva (13.17) of the Mahabharata. [12] Seven other versions also exist. [16]
The Hare Krishna mantra is composed of three Sanskrit names: Hare, Krishna, and Rama.It is a poetic stanza in anuṣṭubh meter (a quatrain of four lines (pāda) of eight syllables with certain syllable lengths for some of the syllables).
The Sahasranama, a type of nama-stotra, is a litany of a thousand names for a particular deity. Sahasranama means "1000 names"; Sahasra means 1000 and nama means names. For example, Vishnu Sahasranama means 1000 names of Vishnu. [6] Other nama-stotras may include 100 or 108 epithets of the deity. According to Hinduism, the names of God are ...
Gajendra prostrated himself before the deity. Vishnu informed Gajendra that he, in one of his previous births, had been the celebrated King Indradyumna, a Pandyan King (modern-day Tamil Nadu) a devotee of Vishnu, but due to his disrespect to the great sage Agastya, he had been cursed to be reborn as an
In the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, Hari is a name of both Krishna and Vishnu, invoked in the Hare Krishna mahamantra (Hare could be a vocative form of Hari). The Hari Stuti is a hymn in praise of Vishnu composed by Adi Shankara. The Hari Stotra is a Sanskrit hymn. Hari Om is a mantra and greeting.
Madhusudana (Sanskrit: मधुसूदन, romanized: Madhusūdana) is an epithet of Vishnu or Krishna [1] and is the 73rd [2] name in the Vishnu Sahasranama. According to Adi Sankara 's commentary on the Vishnu Sahasranama , Madhusudana means the "destroyer of Madhu ".
Hrishikesha (Sanskrit: हृषीकेश; IAST: Hṛṣīkēśa) lit. ' 'lord of the senses' ' is an epithet of the Hindu preserver deity Vishnu. [1] It is the 47th name in the Vishnu Sahasranama.