Bhavarogaghni (भवरोगघ्नी, IAST: bhavarogaghnī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “Destroyer of the disease of worldly existence”. From bhava (cycle of birth and death), roga (disease, affliction), and ghnī (feminine of han, destroyer), this name proclaims the Goddess as the supreme healer who eradicates the root affliction of saṃsāra.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Worldly existence is described as a roga, a disease, in the Śākta tradition because it is characterised by suffering, delusion, and repeated rebirth. The Goddess as Bhavarogaghnī strikes at the very source of this affliction, which is avidyā or spiritual ignorance. Her grace is the sovereign medicine that purifies the subtle body and liberates the soul from the recurring cycle of becoming.

Lalitā bears this name as a reminder that surrender to her is itself the highest therapy for the suffering soul. The name is pronounced bha-va-ro-ga-gh-nee, with a clear aspirated gh.

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Scriptural source

Bhavarogaghni 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, Bhavarogaghni aligns with the Mula nakshatra, under the Dhanu rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 6.