Sanagadaityabanaikavyakulikritasagara (सनागदैत्यबाणैकव्याकुलीकृतसागर, IAST: Sanāgadaityabāṇaikavyākulīkṛtasāgara) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “He before whom oceans were troubled by Bāṇa's demonic arrow-storm with serpents”. From sa-nāga (together with serpents/nāgas) + daitya (demon) + bāṇa (arrow) + eka (alone/supreme) + vyākulī-kṛta (rendered agitated) + sāgara (ocean), this name celebrates Rama whose divine campaign caused even the ocean to tremble with the arrows and demonic forces of the enemy.

Meaning, etymology & significance

This vivid compound evokes the tumultuous events of the Rāmāyaṇa, wherein the oceans were thrown into chaos — vyākulīkṛta, made restless and confounded — by the combined onslaught of the daityas and the serpentine weapons (nāga-bāṇas) wielded by the forces of Lanka. The epithet underscores the cosmic scale of the battle between dharma and adharma, with the ocean itself as a witness. Lord Vishnu as Rama stood firm against this supernatural tempest, signifying His supremacy over all natural and demonic forces.

Applied to Lord Vishnu in the context of the Rāma-avatāra's war against Rāvaṇa, this epithet is liturgically powerful but impractically long as a personal name. Pronounced sa-naa-ga-dai-tya-baa-nai-ka-vyaa-ku-lee-kri-ta-saa-ga-ra.

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Scriptural source

Sanagadaityabanaikavyakulikritasagara 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, Sanagadaityabanaikavyakulikritasagara aligns with the Shatabhisha nakshatra, under the Kumbha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 8.