Name #303 of 1000 · Viṣṇu Sahasranāma

महाशनः Mahashana — meaning in Hindi

Mahashana (mahāśanaḥ) is name #303 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.

महाभक्षक, जो प्रलय में सब कुछ ग्रस लेते हैं

In English: The great devourer who consumes all at the end

From shloka 33 · chapter Varāha

युगादिकृद्युगावर्तो नैकमायो महाशनः
अदृश्यो व्यक्तरूपश्च सहस्रजिदनन्तजित्
verse 33

Also in this shloka: yugādikṛt · yugāvartaḥ · naikamāyaḥ · adṛśyaḥ · vyaktarūpaḥ · sahasrajit · anantajit

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