Jagadbhakshakabhakshaka (जगद्भक्षकभक्षक, IAST: Jagadbhakṣakabhakṣaka) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Devourer of the universe's devourer”. From jagat (world), bhakṣaka (devourer), and a second bhakṣaka, this intensifying compound names Vishnu as the one who consumes even cosmic destruction itself.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The first bhakṣaka refers to the forces of dissolution — time, death, and the great devouring that ends each cosmic cycle — while the second applies that very quality back upon those forces. Vishnu thus transcends even Mahakala and Shiva's destructive aspect, swallowing the swallower. This concept is deeply rooted in the Bhagavata vision of the Lord as kāla-kāla, the time beyond time.

The epithet is associated with Vishnu's supreme transcendence over all cycles of creation and destruction; it also resonates with the Vishvarupa passage of the Mahabharata. As a given name it is too compound for practical use, though Bhakshaka alone could serve as a rare devotional name.

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Scriptural source

Jagadbhakshakabhakshaka 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, Jagadbhakshakabhakshaka aligns with the Uttara ashadha nakshatra, under the Makara rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 9.