Dinanathaikasharana (दीनानाथैकशरण, IAST: Dīnānāthaikasharaṇa) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “The sole refuge of the poor and masterless”. A compassionate compound of dīna (the wretched, humble), nātha (lord, protector), eka (alone, sole), and śaraṇa (refuge), proclaiming that Vishnu is the one ultimate shelter for those who have no other guardian.

Meaning, etymology & significance

This richly layered name reveals Vishnu's boundless karuṇā (compassion): he is not merely one protector among many but the singular shelter for those whom the world has abandoned. The word dīna itself carries overtones of humility and destitution, so the name is a promise that no state of helplessness is beyond the Lord's reach. Devotees who invoke this name affirm their own surrender (śaraṇāgati) to the one protector who never fails.

This epithet is characteristic of the śaraṇāgati theology of Śrī Vaiṣṇavism, where total refuge in the Lord is the supreme path. Because the name is a lengthy descriptive compound, it is devotionally meaningful but best reserved for ceremonial or titular use rather than everyday address.

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Scriptural source

Dinanathaikasharana 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, Dinanathaikasharana aligns with the Ashlesha nakshatra, under the Karka rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 4.