Sadonmada (सदोन्मद, IAST: Sadonmada) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Ever intoxicated with divine bliss”. From sadā (always) and unmada (exhilaration, divine intoxication, rapture), this name depicts Viṣṇu — in His form as the transcendent avadhūta — as eternally suffused with the ecstatic intoxication of supreme spiritual joy.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Unmada typically means intoxication or madness, but in a spiritual context it refers to the divine rapture that overwhelms the sage who has realised Brahman — an inebriation not of wine but of limitless bliss. The prefix sadā (always, eternally) transforms a transient state into an eternal condition, declaring that Viṣṇu or His avatāra Dattātreya exists perpetually in this exalted state of divine ecstasy. This epithet belongs to the avadhūta tradition, in which the highest saints are described as appearing 'mad' to ordinary perception because their inner reality is pure ananda.

Sadonmada is a rare epithet found in specialized Dattātreya stotras and the Viṣṇu Sahasranāma commentaries; though unusual as a given name, it is occasionally used in devotional households. Pronounced sah-DON-mah-dah.

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Scriptural source

Sadonmada 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, Sadonmada aligns with the Shatabhisha nakshatra, under the Kumbha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 3.