Bhaktachittakekighanagana (भक्तचित्तकेकिघनाघना, IAST: Bhaktacittakekighanāghanā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “Rain-cloud that makes the peacock of devotees' hearts dance”. A richly layered compound: bhakta (devotee) + citta (heart, mind) + keki (peacock) + ghanāghanā (dark, heavy rain-cloud) — Lalitā is the monsoon cloud whose arrival causes the peacock of the devotee's heart to dance in ecstatic joy.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The peacock's joyful, spinning dance at the sight of rain clouds is one of India's most beloved natural metaphors for devotional ecstasy. Here the bhakta's citta is the peacock — naturally beautiful, ever watchful — and Lalitā is the dark, monsoon-laden cloud that fills the heart with overwhelming joy. Ghanāghanā emphasizes the density and fullness of the cloud, suggesting that her grace comes in abundance.

This epithet is a masterpiece of devotional poetry within the Sahasranāma, capturing the involuntary rapture of bhakti. Pronounced bhak-ta-chit-ta-ke-ki-gha-naa-gha-naa.

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Scriptural source

Bhaktachittakekighanagana 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, Bhaktachittakekighanagana aligns with the Mula nakshatra, under the Dhanu rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 5.