Arunaruna-kausumbha-vastra-bhasvat-katitati (अरुणारुणकौसुम्भवस्त्रभास्वत्कटीतटी, IAST: Aruṇāruṇa-kausumbha-vastra-bhāsvat-kaṭītaṭī) is an Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She whose hips radiate with deep-red safflower-dyed garments”. Aruṇa (rosy-red, the colour of dawn), kausumbha (made from or dyed with safflower, kusumbha), vastra (garment), bhāsvat (radiant, shining), and kaṭītaṭī (the expanse of the hips) celebrate the blazing crimson-robed hips of the Goddess, her lower raiment glowing like a twin dawn.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Kausumbha fabric, dyed with the brilliant orange-red of the safflower blossom, was among the most prized textiles in ancient India and was considered auspicious and regal. The doubling of aruṇa emphasises an intensified, deep redness — red upon red — as if the sunrise itself were woven into her garment. Kaṭītaṭī, the shore or bank of the hips, uses a geographical metaphor to suggest the generous, river-bank-like sweep of her waist and hips.

This epithet is unique to Lalitā Mahātripurasundarī and is visually evocative enough to be used as an inspiration for temple paintings and iconographic descriptions. As a given name, Kausumba or Arunā are far more usable derivatives drawn from the spirit of this nāma.

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Scriptural source

Arunaruna-kausumbha-vastra-bhasvat-katitati 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, Arunaruna-kausumbha-vastra-bhasvat-katitati aligns with the Krittika nakshatra, under the Mesha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 8.