Avyaktaatpara (अव्यक्तात्पर, IAST: Avyaktātpara) is an Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “He who is beyond even the unmanifest”. Compounded from 'avyakta' (the unmanifest, primordial prakriti) and 'para' (beyond, transcendent), this name reveals Vishnu as the reality that surpasses even the undifferentiated source of creation.

Meaning, etymology & significance

In Samkhya-Vedanta thought, 'avyakta' denotes the unmanifest substratum prior to all phenomenal existence; yet Vishnu, as 'avyaktātpara,' stands beyond even this primordial veil. The name thus places the Lord in a domain utterly prior to causation, substance, and emanation. It is a profound theological statement compressed into a single epithet.

The Vishnu Sahasranama wields this epithet to stress the Lord's absolute transcendence over every ontological category. As a given name it is majestic but lengthy; pronounced ah-VYAK-taat-PAH-rah, it may be affectionately shortened to Avyakta.

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Scriptural source

Avyaktaatpara 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, Avyaktaatpara aligns with the Krittika nakshatra, under the Mesha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 6.