Nandyādigaṇakoṭijit (नन्द्यादिगणकोटिजित्, IAST: Nandyādigaṇakoṭijit) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Conqueror of Nandī and the countless hosts of Śiva”. Nandī (Śiva's bull attendant and chief gaṇa), ādi (and all others like him), gaṇa (the host of Śiva's attendants), koṭi (tens of millions), and jit (conqueror) declare that Vishnu triumphs even over the entire retinue of Mahādeva.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Nandī is the most honored of Śiva's gaṇas, his devoted bull-vehicle and gatekeeper of Kailāsa, and the ādi here extends the claim to Śiva's countless multitude of attendant spirits; koṭi indicates an incomprehensibly vast number, and jit is the victorious conqueror. This epithet, read within Vaishnava devotional theology, does not demean Śiva's tradition but rather establishes Vishnu's Parabrahman status by showing His transcendence even over Śiva's powerful divine army — just as in the Bāṇāsura episode where Śiva himself acknowledged Krishna's supremacy. It is a name that calls the devotee to a resolute faith in Vishnu as the ultimate refuge beyond all other powers.

This compound epithet is recited in the Vishnu Sahasranama tradition to affirm Vishnu's supreme status within the trimūrti framework; because of its complex descriptive structure it functions best as a liturgical title rather than a personal given name.

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Scriptural source

Nandyādigaṇakoṭijit 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, Nandyādigaṇakoṭijit aligns with the Ardra nakshatra, under the Mithuna rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 6.