Kalakoṭidurāsad (कालकोटिदुरासद, IAST: Kālakoṭidurāsada) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Unapproachable even to countless cycles of cosmic time”. From kāla (time/death), koṭi (crore; here meaning countless multitudes), dur (difficult/impossible), and āsada (to approach/attain), this name proclaims Vishnu as utterly beyond the reach of even infinite expanses of time.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Kāla carries the dual sense of measured time and the god of death; koṭi intensifies the idea to an incomprehensible multiplicity; durāsada combines the prefix dur (with difficulty) and āsad (to sit near, approach), meaning impossible to reach. Together the compound affirms that the Lord transcends every temporal boundary, neither bound by time nor accessible through ordinary means.

This epithet appears in the Vishnu Sahasranama to celebrate the Lord's transcendence over all temporal and mortal limitations; its compound length makes it a devotional meditation rather than a practical given name.

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Scriptural source

Kalakoṭidurāsad 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, Kalakoṭidurāsad aligns with the Mrigashira nakshatra, under the Mithuna rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 1.