Manovakkaayadoshagna (मनोवाक्कायदोषघ्न, IAST: Manovākkāyadoṣaghna) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Destroyer of sins of mind, speech, and body”. Composed of manas (mind), vāk (speech), kāya (body), doṣa (fault/sin), and ghna (destroyer), this name proclaims Vishnu as the purifier who annihilates transgressions committed through all three instruments of human action—thought, word, and deed.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Hindu tradition identifies three channels through which karma accrues and sin arises: the mind (manas), speech (vāk), and the body (kāya). The name Manovākkāyadoṣaghna celebrates Vishnu as the complete purifier who does not merely cleanse one mode of transgression but eradicates all three simultaneously. This reflects the Bhāgavata teaching that sincere devotion to Vishnu liberates the soul from the cumulative weight of all past impurities.

This epithet is particularly beloved in the context of prayer and ritual purification; pronounced ma-no-vaak-kaa-ya-do-sha-ghna, it functions better as an epithet than as a given name.

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Scriptural source

Manovakkaayadoshagna 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, Manovakkaayadoshagna aligns with the Magha nakshatra, under the Simha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 7.