Name #73 of 1000 · Viṣṇu Sahasranāma

മധുസൂദനഃ Madhusudana — meaning in Malayalam

Madhusudana (madhusūdanaḥ) is name #73 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.

മധു എന്ന അസുരനെ വധിച്ചവൻ

In English: Slayer of the demon Madhu

From shloka 8 · chapter Matsya

ഈശാനഃ പ്രാണദഃ പ്രാണോ ജ്യേഷ്ഠഃ ശ്രേഷ്ഠഃ പ്രജാപതിഃ
ഹിരണ്യഗര്ഭോ ഭൂഗര്ഭോ മാധവോ മധുസൂദനഃ
verse 8

Also in this shloka: īśānaḥ · prāṇadaḥ · prāṇaḥ · jyeṣṭhaḥ · śreṣṭhaḥ · prajāpatiḥ · hiraṇyagarbhaḥ · bhūgarbhaḥ · mādhavaḥ

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

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