Adbhutarūpa (अद्भुतरूप, IAST: Adbhutarūpa) is an Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “He of wondrous, astonishing form”. From adbhuta (wonderful, extraordinary, beyond comprehension) and rūpa (form, appearance, beauty), this epithet celebrates Vishnu as one whose divine form fills the beholder with speechless wonder.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Adbhuta is a celebrated Sanskrit adjective denoting something that provokes astonishment — indeed, it is the name of the rasa (aesthetic sentiment) of wonder; rūpa denotes visible form as well as essential nature. Together the compound echoes the Viśvarūpa vision granted to Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gītā, where the Lord's boundless cosmic form left even a mighty warrior overwhelmed with awe.

Adbhutarūpa is an epithet of Vishnu enshrined in the Sahasranama and resonates across Vaishnava poetry celebrating the Lord's incomprehensible beauty; it is a graceful name that may be used as a given name, commonly shortened to Adbhut or Rupa in colloquial address.

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Scriptural source

Adbhutarūpa appears in the Vishnu Sahasranama, among the sacred names of Vishnu.

Astrology — nakshatra, rashi & numerology

By the standard Vedic correspondence between a name’s first syllable and the lunar mansion, Adbhutarūpa aligns with the Krittika nakshatra, under the Mesha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 7.