Sadodirna (सदोदीर्ण, IAST: Sadodīrṇa) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Ever exalted, perpetually supreme and risen”. From sadā (always) and udīrṇa (risen, exalted, prominent), this epithet declares that Vishnu is permanently in a state of supreme elevation — never diminished, never eclipsed, always transcendent.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The participle udīrṇa comes from the root ī + ud (to rise up, to excel), conveying the sense of something that has risen to its highest point and remains there perpetually. Applied to Vishnu, it speaks to his inalienable transcendence: unlike worldly greatness that rises and falls, his glory is eternally at its zenith. This name invites the devotee to contemplate a Lord who is never in a state of diminishment, whose greatness is axiomatic and unassailable.

This epithet is relatively rare in popular usage but carries great doctrinal significance in affirming Vishnu's eternal supremacy. Pronounced sa-do-DEER-na, it is an unusual but sonorous name; needsReview is set as the precise reading of the compound in this stotra context warrants scholarly confirmation.

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Scriptural source

Sadodirna 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, Sadodirna aligns with the Shatabhisha nakshatra, under the Kumbha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 1.