{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{short description|Epithet of the Hindu god Vishnu}}{{Infobox deity<!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology--> | type = Hindu | image = Garuda Vishnu Laxmi.jpg | caption = Hrishikesha and Lakshmi riding on Garuda | name = Hrishikesha | Devanagari = हृषीकेश | Sanskrit_transliteration = {{IAST|Hṛṣīkēśa}} | affiliation = Vishnu | abode = Vaikuntha | weapon = Sudarshana Chakra | consort = Lakshmi | mount = Garuda, Adishesha | mantra = ॐ नमो हृषीकेश नाराणाय नमः<br>{{IAST|Ōm namō hr̥ṣīkēśa nārāyaṇāya namaḥ}} }} '''Hrishikesha''' ({{langx|sa|हृषीकेश}}; IAST: Hṛṣīkēśa) {{Literal translation|'lord of the senses'}} is an epithet of the Hindu preserver deity Vishnu.<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2012-06-29 |title=Hrishikesha, Hṛṣīkeśa, Hrishika-isha: 18 definitions |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/hrishikesha |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref> It is the 47th name in the Vishnu Sahasranama. According to Adi Shankara's commentary on the Vishnu Sahasranama, the name has several meanings: * The lord of the senses. * He under whose control the senses subsist. * He whose hair consists of the rays of the sun and the moon, which gives joy to the world.
Rishikesh is a city in Uttarakhand state of India named after Hrishikesha.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gérard Huet |date=|title=hṛṣīkeśa|url=https://sanskrit.inria.fr/DICO/73.html#h.r.siikeza|access-date=2025-03-23|website=sanskrit.inria.fr |language=fr}}</ref>
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Category:Titles and names of Krishna
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