Khagendra (खगेन्द्र, IAST: Khagendra) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Lord of birds, king of sky-dwellers”. From khaga (bird, literally 'sky-goer') + indra (lord, chief), Khagendra names Viṣṇu as the supreme sovereign of all birds, with Garuḍa at their head.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Khaga compounds kha (sky, ether) with the verbal root gam (to go), yielding 'one who moves through the sky' — a bird. Indra as a suffix denotes pre-eminence, just as in Nārendra (lord of men) or Mahendra (great lord). Khagendra thus celebrates Viṣṇu either directly as the master of the avian realm or through His identity with Garuḍa, the celestial eagle who carries Him across the three worlds. The name resonates with freedom, ascent, and the boundless sky of divine consciousness.

As Khagendra, Viṣṇu is honoured in the Sahasranāma as the sovereign of the aerial world personified by the majestic Garuḍa. Pronounced kha-GEN-dra; a melodious, two-pulse compound name well suited as a given name for a boy.

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Scriptural source

Khagendra 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, Khagendra aligns with the Shravana nakshatra, under the Makara rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 1.