Yajnakotisamarchana (यज्ञकोटिसमर्चन, IAST: Yajñakoṭisamarcana) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Worshipped with the worth of ten million sacrifices”. From yajña (sacred sacrifice, worship), koṭi, and samarcana (complete, perfect honouring or worship), this name declares that Vishnu is the supreme recipient of worship whose glory deserves adoration equivalent to ten million perfect yajñas.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Yajña, one of the most sacred words in the Vedic vocabulary, encompasses all forms of sacred offering — from fire-rituals to mental worship. Samarcana, from sam + arc (to honour with full devotion), conveys an act of comprehensive, reverential worship that leaves nothing incomplete. The compound therefore sings of Vishnu as the one true object of all cosmic worship, whose infinite worth can only be approached by imagining the accumulated merit of ten million perfect sacrifices offered in his honour.

In the Bhagavad Gītā, Vishnu himself declares that he is the yajña and the enjoyer of all yajñas, making this epithet a direct echo of that sacred teaching. Pronunciation: yaj-NYAH-KOH-tee-sah-MAR-chah-nah; yajña alone is used as a spiritual name, while this compound is suited primarily for liturgical recitation.

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Scriptural source

Yajnakotisamarchana 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, Yajnakotisamarchana aligns with the Jyeshtha nakshatra, under the Vrischika rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 4.