There is also a reference to Sharabha in the Vishnu sahasranama, the thousand names of Vishnu, and the literal meaning seems to suggest the praise of Sharabha (the lion-killing animal). Adi Shankaracharya refers to this 356th name of Vishnu sahasranama as not mentioning the lion-killing animal at all and instead interprets the name to mean, As the Lord shines in the body as the indwelling Self, He is called Sharabha, while the body is sara (perishable).