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Hrishikesha

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Devanagari
  
हृषीकेश

Affiliation
  
Vishnu

Weapon
  
Sudarshana Chakra

Sanskrit transliteration
  
Hṛṣīkēśa

Abode
  
Vaikuntha

Mantra
  
ॐ नमो हृषीकेश नाराणाय नमः Ōm namō hr̥ṣīkēśa nārāyaṇāya namaḥ

Hrishikesha (Sanskrit: हृषीकेश; IAST: Hṛṣīkēśa) is another name of Hindu God Vishnu and is the 47th name in the Vishnu Sahastranama. According to Adi Shankara's commentary on the Vishnu Sahasranama, the name has several meanings:

  • The lord of the senses.
  • He under whose control the senses subsist.
  • He whose hair consists of the rays of the sun and the moon, which give joy to the world.

    • Rishikesh is a city in Uttarakhand state of India named after Lord Hrishikesha.

    References

    Hrishikesha Wikipedia
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