- Narayana (the universal shelter),
- Govinda (saver of the Earth and protector of cows),
- Madhava (Lord of knowledge),
- Madhusudana (the destroyer of the demon Madhu),
- Trivikrama (the one who conquered the three planetary systems),
- Vamana (the dwarf incarnation),
- Shridhara (the possessor of fortune),
- Hrishikesha (Lord of the senses),
- Padmanabha (whose navel produced the universal lotus),
- Damodara (who is self-restrained),
- Sankarshana (who reabsorbs),
- Vasudeva (one who dwells within),
- Pradyumna (who has the most wealth),
- Aniruddha (who no one can oppose),
- Purushottama (best of all men),
- Adhoksaja (the expanse of the universe),
- Nrisimha (the half-man and half-lion form),
- Achyuta (the inconceivable),
- Krishna (the dark and all-attractive one),
- Hari (He who removes obstacles or sorrow),
- Janardana (He who gives rewards), and
- Upendra (the brother of Indra).
- Many other names of Lord Vishnu are found in the Vishnu-sahasranam, the Thousand Names of Vishnu, located in the Anushasan Parva (149.14-120) of theMahabharata.
- The four weapons symbolize the universal processes relevant to the divinity :
- Lotus symbolizes creation (srshti bijam tatha padmam),
- Discus preservation (chakram sthiti -nibandhanam),
- Mace disolution (gadha samhara -bijam) and
- Conch emancipation of the soul from bondage ( samkham mukti-nihandhanam)
Ref:[Parama-samhita 3,17; and Brhat-brahma-samhita, 1,12,102-103]
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