Sarvathishayita (सर्वातिशायित, IAST: Sarvātiśāyita) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “The one who surpasses and excels all things”. From sarva (all) + atiśāyita (surpassed, excelled), derived from the root śī with prefix ati, this name glorifies Viṣṇu as the supreme being who transcends every quality, virtue, and greatness found anywhere in creation.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The verbal adjective atiśāyita comes from ati-śī, meaning 'to lie beyond' or 'to excel supremely,' and in Sanskrit poetics it is used for the highest degree of comparison—an absolute superlative. Applied to the divine, it means that no category of excellence, whether of knowledge, power, or bliss, can contain or measure the Lord, for He perpetually overflows every standard of comparison. This resonates deeply with the Upaniṣadic declaration that Brahman is 'neti neti'—surpassing every description.

As an epithet of Viṣṇu, Sarvātiśāyita is encountered in commentaries on the Sahasranāma by scholars such as Ādi Śaṅkarācārya and Parāśara Bhaṭṭar; as a personal name it is rare and somewhat complex, though Atiśaya is used as a simpler derivative. The stress falls on the fourth syllable: sar-vā-ti-śā-yi-ta.

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Scriptural source

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