 Like most Hindu deities, he is known by many other names, including , , (meaning 'son of Krittika' ), Arumugam, Sanmuga(from Sanskrit " "), Shadanana (meaning 'one with six faces'), (meaning 'child or son'), or "Guruhuha" (meaning 'cave-dweller'), (meaning 'that which is spilled or oozed, namely seed' in Sanskrit), , and Swaminatha.