Lilavyaptakhilambhodhi (लीलाव्याप्ताखिलाम्भोधि, IAST: Līlāvyāptākhilāmbhodhi) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “He who pervades all oceans by His divine play”. From līlā (divine play, effortless sport), vyāpta (pervaded, permeated), akhila (all, entire), and ambhodhi (ocean, body of waters), this name reveals Viṣṇu as the one whose playful divine presence effortlessly fills and pervades every ocean of the cosmos.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The concept of līlā is central to Hindu theology: it describes the divine sport through which Viṣṇu creates, sustains, and dissolves the universe not out of necessity but out of sheer, effortless delight. Here the ocean — symbol of both the cosmic waters and the boundlessness of creation — is shown to be completely pervaded by that divine playfulness. The epithet suggests that even in the Matsya avatāra, where the Lord swam through the primordial flood, His great deed was ultimately an expression of joyful cosmic sport rather than any kind of laborious effort.

This majestic name is characteristic of the Sahasranāma's tendency to conclude clusters of names with an all-encompassing cosmic image of the Lord's glory. As a personal given name the compound is too unwieldy; Līlāmbhodhi or simply Līlādhara would retain the flavor while remaining pronounceable.

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Scriptural source

Lilavyaptakhilambhodhi appears in the Vishnu Sahasranama, among the sacred names of Vishnu.