Yogeshvara (योगेश्वर, IAST: Yogeśvara) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Supreme lord of all yoga and spiritual discipline”. From yoga (union, discipline) and īśvara (lord, master), Yogeśvara names Vishnu as the ultimate master of all yogic power and the sovereign over every path of spiritual communion with the Divine.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The term yoga encompasses not only physical discipline but the entire spectrum of spiritual practice — from jñāna (knowledge) to bhakti (devotion) to rāja (meditation) — and the Lord as Yogeśvara is the source, sustainer, and goal of them all. In the Bhagavad Gīta, Krishna (an avatar of Vishnu) reveals himself as the great Yogeśvara, the master of all divine mystery and power. This name therefore carries the full weight of the Gīta's revelation about the Lord's supreme sovereignty over creation and liberation.

Yogeśvara is a widely recognized epithet shared by Vishnu, Shiva, and Krishna in their respective traditions, reflecting a pan-Hindu acknowledgment of the Divine as yoga's ultimate source. Pronounced yo-GESH-va-ra, it is a dignified, recognizable, and usable name for a boy.

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Scriptural source

Yogeshvara 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, Yogeshvara aligns with the Mula nakshatra, under the Dhanu rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 7.