As a deity name
Name 4 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
Name 185 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 240 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 732 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘whose hosts or powers go everywhere’, N. of Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa (or of a partic. form of that deity to whom the fragments of a sacrifice are offered), &c.
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "viṣvaksenāya" is the dative of "viṣvaksena" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
viṣvak—sena m. (sometimes written viśvak-s˚) ‘whose hosts or powers go everywhere’, N. of Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa (or of a partic. form of that deity to whom the fragments of a sacrifice are offered), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
of Śiva, MBh. xiii, 1168
Alternative readings
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