Kotibrahmanḍavigraha (कोटिब्रह्माण्डविग्रह, IAST: Koṭibrahmāṇḍavigraha) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Whose divine form encompasses ten million universes”. From koṭi, brahmāṇḍa (the cosmic egg, the universe), and vigraha (form, body, manifestation), this magnificent epithet declares that Vishnu's divine body is itself the totality of ten million universes held within a single form.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Brahmāṇḍa — from brahma (the expansive ultimate reality) and aṇḍa (egg) — is the Purāṇic term for the cosmic universe conceived as a vast egg of creation. Vigraha, from vi + graha (that which is grasped or held as form), denotes a distinct, perceptible divine body. The name thus evokes the Virāṭ-rūpa (cosmic form) of Vishnu as described in the Bhagavad Gītā, where all worlds, beings, and time itself are seen to be contained within his infinite body.

This epithet is among the most cosmologically profound in the Sahasranama tradition, resonating with the vision of Arjuna in the Gītā's eleventh chapter. Pronunciation: KOH-tee-brah-MAAN-dah-vig-RAH-hah; a deeply sacred compound that is rarely adapted as a given name.

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Scriptural source

Kotibrahmanḍavigraha 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, Kotibrahmanḍavigraha aligns with the Punarvasu nakshatra, under the Mithuna rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 9.