Hrishikesha

Hrishikesha
Hrishikesha and Lakshmi riding on Garuda
Devanagari	हृषीकेश
Sanskrit transliteration	Hṛṣīkēśa
Affiliation	Vishnu
Abode	Vaikuntha
Mantra	ॐ नमो हृषीकेश नाराणाय नमः Ōm namō hr̥ṣīkēśa nārāyaṇāya namaḥ
Weapon	Sudarshana Chakra
Mount	Garuda, Adishesha
Consort	Lakshmi

Hrishikesha (Sanskrit: हृषीकेश; IAST: Hṛṣīkēśa) lit. ''lord of the senses'' is an epithet of the Hindu preserver deity Vishnu.^[1] 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.^{[citation needed]}