Jaravyadharigati (जरावधारिगतिद, IAST: Jarāvyādhārigatidā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Granter of the final path to the hunter Jara”. Jarā (the hunter's name, also meaning old age) + vyādha (hunter) + ari (enemy/agent, here the one who) + gati (liberation, final destination) + dā (giver), this name honors Vishnu-Krishna as the bestower of liberation upon Jarā, the hunter who unwittingly caused Krishna's departure from this world.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Jarā, the hunter who accidentally shot an arrow at Krishna's foot, was mortified, but the Lord tenderly reassured him, revealing that this was the fulfillment of a karmic link going back to Rāma's previous incarnation. In granting Jarā liberation (gati) rather than punishment, Vishnu demonstrated the supreme quality of grace that transcends all ordinary moral reckoning. The name thus celebrates that even an instrument of apparent harm becomes a recipient of divine mercy.

This compassionate epithet belongs to Vishnu-Krishna as the gracious liberator who grants mukti to the most unlikely souls. It reflects the Vaishnava teaching that surrender to the Lord, even inadvertent, opens the door to the highest destination.

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Scriptural source

Jaravyadharigati 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, Jaravyadharigati aligns with the Uttara ashadha nakshatra, under the Makara rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 8.