Name #761 of 1000 · Viṣṇu Sahasranāma
ನಿಗ್ರಹಃ Nigraha — meaning in Kannada
Nigraha (nigrahaḥ) is name #761 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.
ಸಮಸ್ತವನ್ನು ಹತೋಟಿಯಲ್ಲಿಡುವ ನಿಗ್ರಹ
In English: The restrainer who holds all things in check
From shloka 81 · chapter Kṛṣṇa
ತೇಜೋವೃಷೋ ದ್ಯುತಿಧರಃ ಸರ್ವಶಸ್ತ್ರಭೃತಾಂ ವರಃ
ಪ್ರಗ್ರಹೋ ನಿಗ್ರಹೋ ವ್ಯಗ್ರೋ ನೈಕಶೃಙ್ಗೋ ಗದಾಗ್ರಜಃ
Also in this shloka: tejovṛṣaḥ · dyutidharaḥ · sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ · pragrahaḥ · vyagraḥ · naikaśṛṅgaḥ · gadāgrajaḥ
Nigraha in other languages: Hindi · Telugu · Tamil · Malayalam · Bengali · Gujarati · English
Read the complete Vishnu Sahasranamam in Kannada — dhyānam, all 108 shlokas, and phalaśruti.