Name #139 of 1000 · Viṣṇu Sahasranāma

ചതുര്ദംഷ്ട്രഃ Chaturdamshtra — meaning in Malayalam

Chaturdamshtra (caturdaṃṣṭraḥ) is name #139 of the 1000 names of Vishnu. Below is its meaning in Malayalam (മലയാളം), the shloka it comes from in Malayalam, and the English meaning — from the full name page.

നാലു ദംഷ്ട്രകളുള്ളവൻ — നരസിംഹത്തിന്റെ കൊടും പല്ലുകൾ

In English: He of the four tusks — Narasimha's mighty fangs

From shloka 15 · chapter Kūrma

ലോകാധ്യക്ഷഃ സുരാധ്യക്ഷോ ധര്മാധ്യക്ഷഃ കൃതാകൃതഃ
ചതുരാത്മാ ചതുര്വ്യൂഹശ്ചതുര്ദംഷ്ട്രശ്ചതുര്ഭുജഃ
verse 15

Also in this shloka: lokādhyakṣaḥ · surādhyakṣaḥ · dharmādhyakṣaḥ · kṛtākṛtaḥ · caturātmā · caturvyūhaḥ · caturbhujaḥ

Chaturdamshtra in other languages: Hindi · Telugu · Tamil · Kannada · Bengali · Gujarati · English

Read the complete Vishnu Sahasranamam in Malayalam — dhyānam, all 108 shlokas, and phalaśruti.