Name #303 of 1000 · Viṣṇu Sahasranāma
ಮಹಾಶನಃ Mahashana — meaning in Kannada
Mahashana (mahāśanaḥ) is name #303 of the 1000 names of Vishnu. Below is its meaning in Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ), the shloka it comes from in Kannada, and the English meaning — from the full name page.
ಪ್ರಳಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಮಸ್ತವನ್ನು ನುಂಗುವ ಮಹಾಭಕ್ಷಕ
In English: The great devourer who consumes all at the end
From shloka 33 · chapter Varāha
ಯುಗಾದಿಕೃದ್ಯುಗಾವರ್ತೋ ನೈಕಮಾಯೋ ಮಹಾಶನಃ
ಅದೃಶ್ಯೋ ವ್ಯಕ್ತರೂಪಶ್ಚ ಸಹಸ್ರಜಿದನನ್ತಜಿತ್
Also in this shloka: yugādikṛt · yugāvartaḥ · naikamāyaḥ · adṛśyaḥ · vyaktarūpaḥ · sahasrajit · anantajit
Mahashana in other languages: Hindi · Telugu · Tamil · Malayalam · Bengali · Gujarati · English
Read the complete Vishnu Sahasranamam in Kannada — dhyānam, all 108 shlokas, and phalaśruti.