Divine names देव नाम
Many Indian names are epithets of a deity — a quality, a place, or a story attached to them. These groups collect the catalog names whose meaning explicitly refers to one.
553 names across 11 groups.
Shiva
Shiva is one of the principal deities of Hinduism, worshipped as the ascetic on Kailasa and as Nataraja, lord of the cosmic dance. Names in this group refer to him or to his consort Parvati by one of his many epithets.
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Ganesha
Ganesha, the elephant-headed son of Shiva and Parvati, is invoked at the start of undertakings as the remover of obstacles and lord of the ganas.
17 names →
Krishna
Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu, is remembered as the cowherd of Vrindavan, the flute player, and the charioteer who delivers the Bhagavad Gita.
80 names →
Vishnu
Vishnu is the preserver of the cosmos, resting on Shesha in Vaikuntha and descending across the ten avatars. Many of these names are epithets from the Vishnu Sahasranama tradition.
99 names →
Rama
Rama, prince of Ayodhya and seventh avatar of Vishnu, is the hero of the Ramayana and the traditional model of maryada — right conduct.
55 names →
Hanuman
Hanuman, son of the wind god and devotee of Rama, is invoked for strength, courage and steadfast service.
5 names →
Durga
Durga is the warrior form of the Great Goddess, worshipped across her fierce and benign aspects — Chandika, Ambika, Gauri and Kali among them.
56 names →
Lakshmi
Lakshmi, consort of Vishnu, is the goddess of wealth, fortune and prosperity, honoured especially at Diwali.
51 names →
Saraswati
Saraswati is the goddess of speech, learning, music and the arts, invoked by students and musicians at Vasant Panchami.
11 names →
Ramayana
Names drawn from the Ramayana beyond Rama himself — Sita and her family of Videha, Lakshmana, Urmila and the rest of the Ayodhya household.
13 names →
Mahabharata
Names from the Mahabharata — the Pandava brothers, Draupadi, and the many epithets by which Arjuna is known.
12 names →
About these groups
A name appears in a group when its recorded meaning names that deity or one of their epithets. The number on each card is the size of the real list — these are not the traditional 108-name Ashtottara Shatanamavali collections, and we do not present them as such. Groups with fewer than 5 names are not shown at all.