Suryakotipratikasha (सूर्यकोटिप्रतीकाश, IAST: Sūryakoṭipratīkāśa) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Radiant as ten million suns combined”. From sūrya (sun), koṭi (ten million or crore), and pratīkāśa (resembling in appearance, from prati + kāś 'to shine'), this name exalts Vishnu's blazing effulgence as incomparably exceeding even the light of countless suns.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Sūrya is the solar deity and the supreme source of light in the visible cosmos; koṭi in classical Sanskrit denotes ten million, used hyperbolically to suggest an uncountable multitude. Pratīkāśa comes from the root kāś ('to shine' or 'to illumine') with the prefix prati- ('toward' or 'resembling'), thus meaning 'appearing like' or 'shining as.' Together this magnificent compound declares that Vishnu's divine brilliance surpasses even the combined radiance of ten million suns, echoing the Gita's vision of the universal form that blazed like a thousand suns risen at once.

This splendid epithet is used in Vaishnava puja and meditation, reminding devotees of the Lord's transcendent luminosity that the eye of the flesh cannot behold; as a given name it is rare and typically shortened. Pronounced SOOR-ya-ko-ti-pra-tee-KAA-sha, its full form is more suited to liturgy than daily address.

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Scriptural source

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