The ritual exclamation vashat, uttered as an oblation is given into the fire, the sound that releases the offering to the gods. As the third name of the Vishnu Sahasranama it identifies the sacred utterance itself with God.

Where this term appears

• The Vishnu Sahasranama Worship →

  The third of the thousand names says this more boldly than any commentary could. It is Vashatkara .

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