Ashvarudhaadhishthitashvakotikoṭibhiravrita (अश्वारूढाधिष्ठिताश्वकोटिकोटिभिरावृता, IAST: Aśvārūḍhādhiṣṭhitāśvakoṭikoṭibhirāvṛtā) is an Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She surrounded by countless crores of horses led by Aśvārūḍhā”. Aśvārūḍhā is the Goddess's cavalry commander; adhiṣṭhita means presided over or commanded by her; koṭikoṭi denotes tens of millions upon millions; and āvṛtā reveals Lalitā encircled by this immeasurable divine cavalry.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Aśvārūḍhā ('she who is mounted on a horse') is one of Lalitā's principal Śakti generals, described in the Lalitopākhyāna as commanding a celestial cavalry force of inconceivable size. The repetition koṭikoṭi — crore upon crore — is a traditional Sanskrit device for indicating a number beyond ordinary reckoning, emphasizing the Goddess's utterly boundless sovereign power.

This epithet is unique to Lalitā Mahātripurasundarī and appears in the narrative portion of the Lalitā Sahasranāma; it is too compound and descriptive to serve as a personal name. Girls may instead be named Aśvārūḍhā to invoke the quality of the divine cavalry commander.

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Scriptural source

Ashvarudhaadhishthitashvakotikoṭibhiravrita 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, Ashvarudhaadhishthitashvakotikoṭibhiravrita aligns with the Krittika nakshatra, under the Mesha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 6.