Name #114 of 1000 · Viṣṇu Sahasranāma

ರುದ್ರಃ Rudra — meaning in Kannada

Rudra (rudraḥ) is name #114 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 ಲೋಕಗಳನ್ನು ಲಯಗೊಳಿಸುವ ರುದ್ರ

In English: The fierce one who dissolves the worlds at the end

From shloka 13 · chapter Kūrma

ರುದ್ರೋ ಬಹುಶಿರಾ ಬಭ್ರುರ್ವಿಶ್ವಯೋನಿಃ ಶುಚಿಶ್ರವಾಃ
ಅಮೃತಃ ಶಾಶ್ವತಸ್ಥಾಣುರ್ವರಾರೋಹೋ ಮಹಾತಪಾಃ
verse 13

Also in this shloka: bahuśirāḥ · babhruḥ · viśvayoniḥ · śuciśravāḥ · amṛtaḥ · śāśvatasthāṇuḥ · varārohaḥ · mahātapāḥ

Rudra in other languages: Hindi · Telugu · Tamil · Malayalam · Bengali · Gujarati · English

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