SadgunarnavH (सद्गुणार्णव, IAST: Sadguṇārṇava) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Ocean of all noble and auspicious virtues”. Sat means 'good, true, and real,' guṇa means 'virtue or quality,' and arṇava means 'ocean'; this name declares the Lord to be an inexhaustible ocean of every noble virtue, a depth so vast that no enumeration of His qualities can reach its shore.

Meaning, etymology & significance

In Sanskrit poetics the ocean is the standard image for limitless abundance, and to call the Lord Sadguṇārṇava is to say that His virtues — compassion, wisdom, strength, beauty, truth, and all others — are not finite attributes but a boundless, ever-replenishing expanse. The qualifier sat ('real, eternal') further assures that these virtues are not circumstantial but belong to the very essence of His divine nature.

Sadguṇārṇava is used as a devotional epithet of Rāma and of Viṣṇu more broadly; Guṇārṇava can serve as an abbreviated personal name, while the full form is suited to liturgical use. Pronunciation: Sad-guṇ-ār-ṇa-va.

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Scriptural source

SadgunarnavH 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, SadgunarnavH aligns with the Shatabhisha nakshatra, under the Kumbha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 6.