SuryavamshadhvajaH (सूर्यवंशध्वज, IAST: Sūryavaṃśadhvaja) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Banner and glory of the Solar dynasty”. Sūrya means 'the sun,' vaṃśa means 'lineage or dynasty,' and dhvaja means 'flag or banner'; this epithet hails Viṣṇu incarnate as Rāma as the supreme emblem of the Sūryavaṃśa — the Solar lineage — whose glory he raised to its highest pinnacle.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The Sūryavaṃśa, the dynasty descended from the sun-god Vivasvān, is one of the two great royal lineages of ancient India (the other being the Somavaṃśa), and its most celebrated crown is Śrī Rāma, the seventh avatāra of Viṣṇu. To call Rāma the dhvaja — the very flag — of this lineage is to say that He does not merely belong to it but that He is its highest expression, the embodiment of its deepest dharmic ideals, justice, truth, and heroic virtue.

This name is an epithet of Rāma understood as an avatāra of Viṣṇu, appearing in devotional namāvalīs; as a personal name it is a rare but evocative choice, or Suryavanshi can serve as a simpler derivative. Pronunciation: Sū-rya-vaṃ-śa-dhva-ja.

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Scriptural source

SuryavamshadhvajaH 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, SuryavamshadhvajaH aligns with the Shatabhisha nakshatra, under the Kumbha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 2.