Kashishaganakotighn (काशीशगणकोटिघ्न, IAST: Kāśīśagaṇakoṭighna) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Slayer of crores of Kashi's lord's attendants”. From kāśīśa (the lord of Kashi, i.e., Shiva), gaṇa (attendants or troops), koṭi (crores, an enormous multitude), and ghna (slayer or destroyer), this epithet extols Vishnu's incomparable might in overcoming vast armies of divine attendants.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The compound parses as kāśīśa (काशीश, the lord of Kashi, meaning Shiva), gaṇa (गण, groups or attendants, here Shiva's divine troops), koṭi (कोटि, ten million or innumerable), and ghna (घ्न, slayer, from han, to strike). Together they declare that Vishnu was capable of subduing countless multitudes of Shiva's divine retinue, an image underscoring his supreme cosmic power that transcends even the armies of other great gods. Such epithets remind the devotee of Vishnu's absolute invincibility.

As an epithet in the Vishnu Sahasranama, it belongs to a cluster of names asserting Vishnu's sovereignty over the forces associated with Kashi and Shiva. Due to its violent and compound nature, it is not suitable as a personal given name and is reserved for liturgical veneration.

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Scriptural source

Kashishaganakotighn 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, Kashishaganakotighn aligns with the Mrigashira nakshatra, under the Mithuna rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 4.