Vishṇu Sahasranāma

Vishṇu Sahasranāma, “the thousand names of Vishṇu”

Vishṇu Sahasranāma is the name of more than one stotra in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

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• Vishṇu Sahasranāma (Mahābhārata): the thousand names of Bhagavān Vishṇu that Bhīshma taught Yudhishṭhira in the Anuśāsana Parva. Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, Dānadharma Parva, chapter 149, with the bhāshya credited to Śrī Śaṅkarācārya; Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, chapters 140–148, as the setting of the chapter; Harivaṃśa, for the Yajña-Varāha comparison given in the commentary
• Vishṇu Sahasranāma (Garuḍa Purāṇa): the thousand names that Bhagavān Vishṇu taught to Śiva in the Ācāra Khaṇḍa of the Garuḍa Purāṇa. Garuḍa Purāṇa, Ācāra Khaṇḍa, chapter 15; Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, chapter 149