Himavatkotnishkampa (हिमवत्कोटिनिष्कम्प, IAST: Himavatkoṭiniṣkampa) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Immovable as ten million Himalayan mountains”. Composed of himavat (Himālaya, the snow-bearing mountain), koṭi, and niṣkampa (unshaking, perfectly still), this epithet glorifies Vishnu's absolute steadfastness — a stability that dwarfs ten million Himalayan ranges.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Himavat, literally 'bearing snow,' is the personification of the Himālaya, the grandest and most enduring landmass known to ancient Indian geography, revered as the king of mountains (girarāja). Niṣkampa, from niṣ + kampa (no trembling), denotes absolute immovability — the quality of one who cannot be shaken by any force in creation. Vishnu, as the ultimate substratum (ādhāra) of the cosmos, is thus proclaimed to be infinitely more stable than even the most immovable of all physical forms.

This epithet resonates with the Upanishadic image of Brahman as the unmoving ground of all existence, and it is offered to Vishnu to affirm that he alone is the eternal, changeless support of the universe. Pronunciation: hee-mah-VAT-KOH-tee-nish-KAM-pah; niṣkampa alone is occasionally used as a spiritual name meaning 'the unshakeable.'

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Scriptural source

Himavatkotnishkampa 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, Himavatkotnishkampa aligns with the Punarvasu nakshatra, under the Karka rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 2.