Yajñaphaladā (यज्ञफलद, IAST: Yajñaphaladā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “He who bestows the fruits of all sacrifices”. Yajña (sacrifice) + phala (fruit, result) + dā (one who gives) identifies Vishnu as the sovereign grantor of every reward that flows from sacred ritual, completing the economy of worship by returning grace to the worshipper.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Phala in Sanskrit beautifully means both the literal fruit of a tree and the result or reward of an action, so Yajñaphaladā is the Lord who makes every act of worship bear its sweet fruit. Without His bestowal, the most perfectly performed yajña would yield nothing; with it, even the humblest offering overflows with blessing. A son named Yajñaphaladā is consecrated to the understanding that all true fruits come from divine grace, not from personal effort alone.

This epithet of Vishnu pairs naturally with the preceding Yajñabhuj — He receives the sacrifice and He returns the gift — and together they frame the entire sacrificial theology of the Sahasranama. The form Yajñaphala is occasionally used as a given name in tradition-observant families. Pronounce yaj-ña-pha-la-dā with a long final ā.

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Scriptural source

Yajñaphaladā 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, Yajñaphaladā aligns with the Jyeshtha nakshatra, under the Vrischika rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 8.