Narasimha Sahasranama

नरसिंह

Narasiṃha

ॐ नरसिंहाय नमः

The man-lion, the Lord whose body is half human and half lion, beyond every category

नृसिंह

Nṛsiṃha

ॐ नृसिंहाय नमः

The man-lion in his most classical name, the union of human tenderness and leonine power

नरहरि

Narahari

ॐ नरहरये नमः

The man who is Hari, Vishnu Himself descended into the leonine form

नृहरि

Nṛhari

ॐ नृहरये नमः

Hari in human-lion form, the tawny Lord who tears away every bondage

नृकेशरिन्

Nṛkeśarin

ॐ नृकेशरिणे नमः

The man-maned-lion, the Lord bearing a human trunk and the maned head of the king of beasts

सिंहवक्त्र

Siṃhavaktra

ॐ सिंहवक्त्राय नमः

The lion-faced Lord, whose countenance is the open, roaring mouth of the king of beasts

सिंहास्य

Siṃhāsya

ॐ सिंहास्याय नमः

The lion-mouthed one, from whose jaws issues the sound that ends the reign of terror

सिंहमुख

Siṃhamukha

ॐ सिंहमुखाय नमः

The lion-headed Lord, whose head is the crown of the whole avatar

मृगेन्द्रवक्त्र

Mṛgendravaktra

ॐ मृगेन्द्रवक्त्राय नमः

The one whose face is that of the king of beasts, sovereign even in his fury

मृगेन्द्ररूप

Mṛgendrarūpa

ॐ मृगेन्द्ररूपाय नमः

The one whose very form is that of the lion-king, majesty made visible

सिंहरूप

Siṃharūpa

ॐ सिंहरूपाय नमः

The one who has taken on the lion's form, the shape unforeseen by any boon

सिंहदेह

Siṃhadeha

ॐ सिंहदेहाय नमः

The Lord whose body itself is leonine, power dwelling in flesh and mane

दिव्यसिंह

Divyasiṃha

ॐ दिव्यसिंहाय नमः

The divine lion, no earthly beast but a radiant form born of the eternal

महासिंह

Mahāsiṃha

ॐ महासिंहाय नमः

The great lion, vast beyond measure, before whom every other might is small

देवसिंह

Devasiṃha

ॐ देवसिंहाय नमः

The lion of the gods, the divine warrior the celestials themselves could not become

आदिनृसिंह

Ādinṛsiṃha

ॐ आदिनृसिंहाय नमः

The primordial man-lion, the original form of Narasimha before all his shrines and forms

नृसिंहवपुस्

Nṛsiṃhavapus

ॐ नृसिंहवपुषे नमः

The one whose very embodiment is the man-lion, grace taken bodily

सिंहेश्वर

Siṃheśvara

ॐ सिंहेश्वराय नमः

The Lord in lion form, sovereign master of all who wears the leonine shape

पुरुषसिंह

Puruṣasiṃha

ॐ पुरुषसिंहाय नमः

The man-lion as the cosmic Person, the Purusha wearing the shape of the lion

अर्धसिंह

Ardhasiṃha

ॐ अर्धसिंहाय नमः

The half-lion, whose form is exactly divided so as to belong to no single kind

नरमृग

Naramṛga

ॐ नरमृगाय नमः

The man-beast, in whom human and animal are joined into one undivided Lord

उग्रसिंह

Ugrasiṃha

ॐ उग्रसिंहाय नमः

The fierce lion, the terrible form in which the Lord meets injustice head on

सिंहतनु

Siṃhatanu

ॐ सिंहतनवे नमः

The one whose frame is the lion's, sinew and stride of the undefeated

सिंहविग्रह

Siṃhavigraha

ॐ सिंहविग्रहाय नमः

The one whose embodied image is the lion, the divine made into a form to behold

नृसिंहमूर्ति

Nṛsiṃhamūrti

ॐ नृसिंहमूर्तये नमः

The very form of the man-lion, the sacred figure held in the heart of devotees

नरमृगाकृति

Naramṛgākṛti

ॐ नरमृगाकृतये नमः

The one whose shape is that of man and beast together, a form none had ever conceived

सिंहाङ्ग

Siṃhāṅga

ॐ सिंहाङ्गाय नमः

The lion-limbed Lord, each limb bearing the strength and beauty of the great cat

नृसिंहरूप

Nṛsiṃharūpa

ॐ नृसिंहरूपाय नमः

The one whose form is the man-lion, the shape in which the Supreme chose to be known

वीरसिंह

Vīrasiṃha

ॐ वीरसिंहाय नमः

The heroic lion, valour itself given the man-lion form

सिंहराज

Siṃharāja

ॐ सिंहराजाय नमः

The king among lions, ruler of the leonine realm and of all it stands for

स्तम्भज

Stambhaja

ॐ स्तम्भजाय नमः

The one born from the pillar, where no birth could ever be expected

स्तम्भभेदन

Stambhabhedana

ॐ स्तम्भभेदनाय नमः

The splitter of the pillar, who cleaves whatever hides Him from the faithful

स्तम्भनिःसृत

Stambhaniḥsṛta

ॐ स्तम्भनिःसृताय नमः

The one who streamed forth out of the pillar like a torrent released

स्तम्भान्तर्गत

Stambhāntargata

ॐ स्तम्भान्तर्गताय नमः

The one who dwelt hidden within the pillar, unseen yet wholly present

स्तम्भस्फोटक

Stambhasphoṭaka

ॐ स्तम्भस्फोटकाय नमः

The burster of the pillar, who shatters it with a world-quaking roar

स्तम्भगर्भ

Stambhagarbha

ॐ स्तम्भगर्भाय नमः

The one who lay concealed in the womb-heart of the pillar, awaiting His hour

सन्ध्याकालोद्भव

Sandhyākālodbhava

ॐ सन्ध्याकालोद्भवाय नमः

The one who arose at the twilight hour, neither day nor night

अहोरात्रविवर्जित

Ahorātravivarjita

ॐ अहोरात्रविवर्जिताय नमः

The one whose chosen moment stood free of both day and night

देहलीस्थित

Dehalīsthita

ॐ देहलीस्थिताय नमः

The one who stood upon the threshold, neither inside nor outside the hall

अन्तर्बहिःस्थित

Antarbahiḥsthita

ॐ अन्तर्बहिःस्थिताय नमः

The one poised at once within and without, belonging to neither alone

ऊरुसंस्थित

Ūrusaṃsthita

ॐ ऊरुसंस्थिताय नमः

The one who laid the demon across His thighs, neither on earth nor in sky

सीमान्तक

Sīmāntaka

ॐ सीमान्तकाय नमः

The ender of the boundary, before whom every drawn limit collapses

मर्यादातीत

Maryādātīta

ॐ मर्यादातीताय नमः

The one who transcends all conditions, bound by no clause a mind can frame

सीमातीत

Sīmātīta

ॐ सीमातीताय नमः

The boundless one, who overflows every measure set against Him

उभयात्मक

Ubhayātmaka

ॐ उभयात्मकाय नमः

The one of both natures, man and lion joined in a single body

नरमृगविग्रह

Naramṛgavigraha

ॐ नरमृगविग्रहाय नमः

The one embodied as man-and-beast, a living paradox given flesh

नरमृगाकार

Naramṛgākāra

ॐ नरमृगाकाराय नमः

The one shaped as man above and lion below, defying every clean line

मिश्ररूप

Miśrarūpa

ॐ मिश्ररूपाय नमः

The one of mingled form, two natures fused so perfectly they cannot be parted

विलक्षणरूप

Vilakṣaṇarūpa

ॐ विलक्षणरूपाय नमः

The one of extraordinary form, unlike anything the mind has ever classed

अद्भुतरूप

Adbhutarūpa

ॐ अद्भुतरूपाय नमः

The one of wondrous form, at which gods and mortals stood struck with awe