Chandamundasuranishtudini (चण्डमुण्डासुरनिषूदिनी, IAST: Caṇḍamuṇḍāsuraniṣūdinī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “Slayer of the demon generals Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa”. This compound name honors Kālī–Camuṇḍā as the fierce form of the Goddess who destroyed the asura generals Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa in the great cosmic battle described in the Devī Māhātmya.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The compound unites Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa (two powerful demon lieutenants of Śumbha and Niśumbha), asura (demon or anti-divine force), and niṣūdinī, meaning she who destroys or cuts down, from the root sūd meaning to kill or eliminate. When Caṇḍikā sent Kālī forth to battle these demons, Kālī severed their heads and presented them to the Goddess, earning the celebratory name Cāmuṇḍā. This epithet in the Lalitā Sahasranāma proclaims that Lalitā herself is the power behind that supreme act of liberation.

This is a compound liturgical epithet rather than a practical personal name, and while it glorifies Lalitā's warrior grace it is not conventionally usable as a given name. Pronounced with careful attention to each syllable: chun-duh-mun-daa-SU-ruh-ni-SHOO-di-nee.

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Scriptural source

Chandamundasuranishtudini 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, Chandamundasuranishtudini aligns with the Revati nakshatra, under the Meena rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 5.