Brahmavidyakotirupa (ब्रह्मविद्याकोटिरूप, IAST: Brahmavidyākoṭirūpa) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Embodiment of ten-million forms of sacred knowledge”. This majestic compound—brahmavidyā (the supreme liberating knowledge), koṭi (innumerable), and rūpa (form)—proclaims Viṣṇu as the very substance in whom all schools and streams of spiritual wisdom find their ultimate expression.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Brahmavidyā is the highest Upaniṣadic knowledge of Brahman, the direct recognition of ultimate Reality; koṭi here suggests infinity rather than a mere numerical count. Rūpa (form, manifestation) indicates that Viṣṇu is not merely the object of this knowledge but its living, self-luminous embodiment. Together the name celebrates him as the inexhaustible treasury in whom every sacred scripture, every contemplative tradition, and every liberating insight is perfectly united.

As a Viṣṇu Sahasranāma epithet, this name is invoked by scholars and seekers who aspire to wisdom, recognising that true jñāna leads back to the Lord himself. Due to its length it functions best as a devotional title rather than a practical given name; pronounced brah-ma-vid-yā-ko-ṭi-rū-pa.

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Scriptural source

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