Dushtashaktisahasrabhuj

Dushtashaktisahasrabhuj (दुष्टशक्तिसहस्रभुज्, IAST: Duṣṭaśaktisahasrabhuj) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Thousand-armed consumer of wicked powers”. From duṣṭa (wicked, corrupt), śakti (power, energy, force), sahasra (thousand), and bhuj (consumer, wielder, one who enjoys), this name proclaims Vishnu as the one with a thousand arms that consume and overcome all malevolent powers.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Duṣṭa śakti refers to demonic or corrupted energies — the forces of adharma, magical harm, and spiritual obstruction. Sahasra, the sacred number of totality, here multiplies Vishnu's consuming arms into a cosmic sweep that leaves no wicked force unaddressed. Bhuj, meaning both 'arm' and 'to consume,' lends the name a double valence: Vishnu both wields a thousand arms and devours the thousand wicked forces with them. The image evokes the Vishvarupa of the Gita and the cosmic warrior of the Sahasranama.

This powerful epithet celebrates Vishnu as the supreme vanquisher of all forms of evil energy; it resonates with the prayer for protection against black magic and malevolent forces in the Vaishnava tradition. Sahasrabhuj alone — 'thousand-armed' — is a more usable devotional name.

Scriptural source

Dushtashaktisahasrabhuj 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, Dushtashaktisahasrabhuj aligns with the Ashlesha nakshatra, under the Karka rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 6.