Gupta is one of the names here in the hymn probably Gupta dynasty named themselves with this word. Hindus are the only people who call god as a doctor and Medicine (Beshajam, Bishak in Rudra of Yajur Veda) here in this hymn God is called Bishak/ doctor). He is the most celebrated poet and highest contributor to the 2000 year old Sangam corpus. Sangam Tamil literature has a Brahmin poet with this name Kapila. Later we see Srngi (horned god) Na Eka Srngi (not just one horned) in this hymn. Vishnu is called Maha Srnga- we see God with horn/ srnga in the Indus Valley Seals though mistakenly identified with Shiva/Pasupati. That proves that Vishnu Sahasranama is the oldest. Names of Vedic deities are found only in this hymn. It is the name of the Gautama Buddha ofsixth century BCEĪnother Vedic deity. Since it is in the Sahasranama it is as old as Vedic literature. This is a Vedic deity with lot of funny interpretations such as sexy monkey etc. World’s first law giver Manu is in the hymn. Pratardhana was one of the kings who ruled Turkey- Syria region around 1400 BCE. Lord Kartikeya, Indra, Lord Shiva, Sastha, figure in the hymn. Sikkandi ,Nahusha – epic and puranic names Though it is called Vishnu Sahasranama, all gods’ names are in it – Siva, Sambhu, Aditya, Prajapati, Indra, Sumuka ( Ganesa), Ganesvarah, Vasu, Varuna, Rudra, Indra In the main part of Sahasranama, the very first sloka describes god as master of time past, present and future. Hindu concept of Time is very different from the Westrn concept of Time. This is a repeat of Purushasuktam of Rig Veda and Viswarupa Darsan of Bhagavad Gita. talks about Big Bang and Big Crunch of cosmology.ĭhyana sloka sees the God as the universe with Sun and Moon as eyes, earth as His feet and Sky as His head. In the introductory First Part, we see five generations in one sloka- vyasam vasistha naptharam………………… Vyasa, his son Suka, Vyasa’s father Parasara, grand father Sakthi, great grand father Vasistha.Īs all Hindus know Vyasa lived just before the beginning of Kaliyuga in 3102 BCE, we are talking about 3200 BCE here. I have interpreted the words or its sounds on the bais of history. Roman and Mitannian King names are in it. Though I also recite it everyday like any devout Hindu, being an amateur historian, I can’t stop thinking of its influence on world history. Hundreds of articles are written by prominent religious leaders on the religious merits of it.
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Saints like Adi Shankara, Parasara Bhatta and Madhwa have commented on it. Great grandsire Bhisma said it in front of Lord Krishna.
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It is the oldest and part of Mahabharata. Though every Hindu god and goddess has a Sahasranama Vishnu’s one is the most famous of all Sahasranamas. One thousand names of any god is a ‘’Sahasranama. Here is an alternate reading of the Vishnu Sahasranama, the oldest of the Sahasranamas. Average hits per day for both the blogs 12,000 Pictures are taken from various sources beware of copyright rules don’t use them without permission this is a non- commercial, educational blog posted in and simultaneously. Research article by London 22 December 2019