VarnashramadharmakartrI (वर्णाश्रमादिधर्माणां कर्तृ, IAST: Varṇāśramādidharmāṇāṃ kartṛ) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Creator of the varṇāśrama and all sacred social duties”. Kartṛ means 'the maker or author,' and this epithet names Viṣṇu as the originator of the entire system of varṇa (the fourfold social order), āśrama (the four stages of life), and the dharmas that flow from them — affirming that the moral and spiritual structure of human civilisation has a divine source.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The compound varṇāśramādidharma encompasses the full scope of Vedic social and spiritual order: the four varṇas (Brāhmaṇa, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya, Śūdra), the four āśramas (brahmacarya, gr̥hastha, vānaprastha, sannyāsa), and all the subsidiary duties that sustain righteous life. By naming the Lord as kartṛ — the very author of this sacred order — the Sahasranāma locates all dharmic obligation within divine will rather than mere human convention.

This is a descriptive phrase rather than a compact name and is used in liturgical enumeration of the Lord's cosmic functions; it is not suitable as a personal name. Pronunciation: Var-ṇā-śra-mā-di-dhar-māṇāṃ kar-tṛ.

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Scriptural source

VarnashramadharmakartrI 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, VarnashramadharmakartrI aligns with the Rohini nakshatra, under the Vrishabha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 6.