Bhimasenayashahprada (भीमसेनयशःप्रद, IAST: Bhīmasenayaśaḥprada) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Bestower of glory and fame upon Bhīmasena”. From Bhīmasena (the mighty Pāṇḍava hero), yaśaḥ (fame/glory), and prada (giver, from pra + dā), this name honors Kṛṣṇa as the divine friend and guide who ensured that Bhīma's great deeds—especially the slaying of Jarāsandha—redounded to eternal glory.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Yaśas in Sanskrit means not merely fame but an inner luminosity of noble deeds that outlasts a lifetime, and prada (bestower) indicates that this glory was not self-generated by Bhīma alone but was divinely conferred. It was Kṛṣṇa who led Bhīma, Arjuna, and Yudhiṣṭhira to Jarāsandha's capital in disguise, who coached Bhīma on the precise technique to split Jarāsandha asunder, and who thereby authored Bhīma's greatest individual triumph. Kṛṣṇa's role as yaśaḥprada thus reveals that all genuine heroic glory ultimately flows from the Lord's grace.

This epithet appears in Mahābhārata-inspired stotras and in commentaries on the Viṣṇu Sahasranāma that discuss Kṛṣṇa's relationship with the Pāṇḍavas. Pronounced bhī-ma-se-na-ya-śaḥ-pra-da, it is a meaningful devotional name; the shorter Yaśasprada is a very usable given-name form.

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Scriptural source

Bhimasenayashahprada 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, Bhimasenayashahprada aligns with the Mula nakshatra, under the Dhanu rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 5.