Name #284 of 1000 · Viṣṇu Sahasranāma

भानुः Bhanu — meaning in Hindi

Bhanu (bhānuḥ) is name #284 of the 1000 names of Vishnu. Below is its meaning in Hindi (हिन्दी), the shloka it comes from in Devanagari, and the English meaning — from the full name page.

वह प्रकाश, जो चमकता है

In English: The light that shines

From shloka 31 · chapter Varāha

अमृतांशूद्भवो भानुः शशबिन्दुः सुरेश्वरः
औषधं जगतः सेतुः सत्यधर्मपराक्रमः
verse 31

Also in this shloka: amṛtāṃśūdbhavaḥ · śaśabinduḥ · sureśvaraḥ · auṣadham · jagataḥ setuḥ · satyadharmaparākramaḥ

Bhanu in other languages: Telugu · Tamil · Kannada · Malayalam · Bengali · Gujarati · English