The Vishnu Sahasranamam (विष्णु सहस्रनाम) — "the thousand names of Vishnu" — is one of the most important and widely recited texts in Hinduism. It consists of approximately 108 verses containing 1000 names (sahasra = thousand, nama = name) of Vishnu, each name describing an aspect of the divine. The text appears in the Anushasana Parva (the instruction section) of the Mahabharata, where Yudhishthira asks Bhishma about the most beneficial of all mantras. Bhishma responds by reciting the Vishnu Sa
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