Anantayudhadordandin (अनन्तायुधदोर्दण्डिन्, IAST: Anantāyudhadordaṇḍin) is an Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Wielder of infinite weapons with mighty arms”. From ananta (endless), āyudha (weapon), dor (arm), and daṇḍin (one who holds a staff or wielder), this name celebrates Vishnu's boundless, multi-armed, weapon-bearing splendour.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Ananta, one of Vishnu's most beloved epithets, here qualifies not the infinite serpent-bed but the infinite arsenal. Āyudha refers to divine weapons — discus, mace, conch, sword — while dor (arm) and daṇḍin (rod-bearer, wielder) together paint the image of arms like powerful pillars bristling with cosmic weapons. The name reflects Vishnu's Vishvarupa and the iconographic tradition of the multi-armed deity whose every hand holds a weapon of protection or liberation.

Vishnu in his universal and warrior aspects bears this epithet; it resonates with descriptions in the Mahabharata of the Lord's inexhaustible weaponry. Anantayudha alone is a usable and beautiful given name meaning 'of infinite weapons.'

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Scriptural source

Anantayudhadordandin 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, Anantayudhadordandin aligns with the Krittika nakshatra, under the Mesha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 4.