Name #414 of 1000 · Viṣṇu Sahasranāma

ವಾಯುಃ Vayu — meaning in Kannada

Vayu (vāyuḥ) is name #414 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.

ಭಕ್ತರನ್ನು ತಲುಪಲು ವೇಗದ ವಾಯು

In English: The wind, swift to reach his devotees

From shloka 44 · chapter Narasiṃha

ವೈಕುಣ್ಠಃ ಪುರುಷಃ ಪ್ರಾಣಃ ಪ್ರಾಣದಃ ಪ್ರಣವಃ ಪೃಥುಃ
ಹಿರಣ್ಯಗರ್ಭಃ ಶತ್ರುಘ್ನೋ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತೋ ವಾಯುರಧೋಕ್ಷಜಃ
verse 44

Also in this shloka: vaikuṇṭhaḥ · puruṣaḥ · prāṇaḥ · prāṇadaḥ · praṇavaḥ · pṛthuḥ · hiraṇyagarbhaḥ · śatrughnaḥ · vyāptaḥ · adhokṣajaḥ

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

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