Likewise, two of the names in Vishnu sahasranama that refer to Shiva are "Shiva" (names #27 and #600 in Adi Sankara's commentary) itself, "Shambhu" (name #38), "Eesanah" (name #64), and "Rudra" (name #114). In fact, the Shri Rudram, one of the most sacred prayers for Hindus and Shaivites in particular, describe Vishnu as an aspect of Shiva in the fifth anuvaka. Interestingly, despite the existence of other sahasranamas of other forms of God, referring a sahasranama as "The Sahasranama," generally refers to the Vishnu Sahasranama alone, thereby indicating its wide popularity and use. Followers of Shaivism similarly give prominence to Shiva. While Vaishanvas venerate other deities, they believe that the universe, including the other divinities such as Shiva and Devi, is ultimately a manifestation of the Supreme Lord Vishnu. The Vishnu Sahasranāma is popular among common Hindus, and a major part of prayer for devout Vaishnavas, or followers of Vishnu. There are Sahasranāma for many forms of God (Vishnu, Shiva, Ganesha, Shakti, and others). In modern Hindi pronunciation, nāma is pronounced. The compound is of the Bahuvrihi type and may be translated as "having a thousand names". In Sanskrit, sahasra means "a thousand" and nāma ( nominative, the stem is nāman-) means "name".
Yudhisthira asks Bhishma the following questions: Each name eulogizes one of His countless great attributes.Īccording to the 149th chapter of Anushāsanaparva in the epic Mahabharata, the names were handed down to Yudhisthira by the famous warrior Bhishma who was on his death bed at the battle of Kurukshetra. Another version exists in the Padma Purana.
The Vishnu sahasranama as found in the Mahabharata is the most popular version of the 1000 names of Vishnu. It is also one of the most sacred and commonly chanted stotras in Hinduism.
The Vishnu sahasranama ( Sanskrit viṣṇusahasranāma, a tatpurusha compound translating literally to "the thousand names of Vishnu") is a list of 1,000 names ( sahasranama) of Vishnu, one of the main forms of God in Hinduism and the personal supreme God for Vaishnavas (followers of Vishnu).
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