Name #15 of 1000 · Viṣṇu Sahasranāma

ಸಾಕ್ಷೀ Sakshi — meaning in Kannada

Sakshi (sākṣī) is name #15 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.

ನಡೆಯುವ ಎಲ್ಲದಕ್ಕೂ ಮೌನ ಸಾಕ್ಷಿ

In English: The silent witness of all that happens

From shloka 2 · chapter Matsya

ಪೂತಾತ್ಮಾ ಪರಮಾತ್ಮಾ ಚ ಮುಕ್ತಾನಾಂ ಪರಮಾ ಗತಿಃ
ಅವ್ಯಯಃ ಪುರುಷಃ ಸಾಕ್ಷೀ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಜ್ಞೋಽಕ್ಷರ ಏವ ಚ
verse 2

Also in this shloka: pūtātmā · paramātmā · muktānāṃ paramā gatiḥ · avyayaḥ · puruṣaḥ · kṣetrajñaḥ · akṣaraḥ

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

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