MAtRhatyAdinirlepa (मातृहत्यादिनिर्लेप, IAST: Mātṛhatyādinirlep) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Untouched by the sin of matricide and similar acts”. From mātṛ (mother), hatyā (killing), ādi (and so forth), and nirlepa (unsmeared, unstained), the name proclaims that the Lord—though acting through Paraśurāma who slew his own mother at his father's command—remains utterly unstained by any karmic blemish.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Mātṛhatyā refers to the grave sin of killing one's own mother, while nirlepa literally means 'without smearing' or 'free from adherence,' indicating absolute purity despite apparent transgression. The compound ādi extends the meaning to all such extreme acts. In the Paraśurāma narrative, what appears as a terrible deed was a divine test; the Lord who ordained it transcends the moral gravity that would bind an ordinary being.

As an epithet of Viṣṇu in His Paraśurāma form, it affirms the theological principle that the Paramātman is beyond all karmic contamination. This is a complex doctrinal epithet unsuitable as a stand-alone personal name without abbreviation.

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Scriptural source

MAtRhatyAdinirlepa 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, MAtRhatyAdinirlepa aligns with the Magha nakshatra, under the Simha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 8.