Urvashidrika (उर्वशीदृश, IAST: Urvaśīdṛśa) is an Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “The seer or beholder of Urvashi”. From Urvaśī (the celestial apsara) and dṛśa (one who sees, a seer), Urvaśīdṛśa names Vishnu as the transcendent witness-consciousness whose divine gaze beholds all of creation, symbolised by the seeing of Urvashi.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Urvaśīdṛśa unites Urvaśī with dṛśa, from the root dṛś meaning to see or to behold, forming an epithet of Vishnu as the divine seer who perceives even the most subtle and beautiful expressions of his own creation. In the Vedantic framework, the Lord is the eternal sākṣī — the witness — whose gaze pervades all realms, including the celestial world of apsaras. The name thus carries both a narrative and a philosophical dimension.

This epithet portrays Vishnu as the supreme conscious witness from whose all-seeing gaze nothing in the cosmos is hidden; while meaningful for contemplation, it is seldom used as a personal name. Pronounced ur-va-shee-DRISH-a.

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Scriptural source

Urvashidrika 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, Urvashidrika aligns with the Krittika nakshatra, under the Vrishabha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 7.