Anekakoṭibrahmāṇḍajanani (अनेककोटिब्रह्माण्डजननी, IAST: anekakōṭibrahmāṇḍajananī) is an Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “Mother of countless billions of universes”. This majestic compound — 'aneka' (many), 'koṭi' (crore, ten million), 'brahmāṇḍa' (universe), 'jananī' (mother) — proclaims Lalitā as the cosmic womb that births and sustains innumerable universes simultaneously.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Each component deepens the awe: 'aneka' (not-one, i.e. many), 'koṭi' (a crore, used hyperbolically for infinity), 'brahmāṇḍa' (egg of Brahmā, the cosmos), and 'jananī' (she who gives birth). The name envisions a reality far beyond a single creation — the Goddess simultaneously mothers every universe across infinite dimensions of existence. This reflects the Śākta vision of Devī as the universal matrix (prakṛti) that generates all possible worlds.

This grand epithet of Lalitā Devī is one of the most cosmologically expansive names in the Sahasranāma. As a given name it is impractical in full form; the short form Janani or Brahmanandi may be used. Pronounced in full: ah-NAY-kah-KOH-tee-brah-MAHN-dah-jah-nah-NEE.

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Scriptural source

Anekakoṭibrahmāṇḍajanani appears in the Lalitha Sahasranama, among the sacred names of Lalitha.

Astrology — nakshatra, rashi & numerology

By the standard Vedic correspondence between a name’s first syllable and the lunar mansion, Anekakoṭibrahmāṇḍajanani aligns with the Krittika nakshatra, under the Mesha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 8.