Chandrasahodari (चन्द्रसहोदरी, IAST: Candrasahodari) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “Sister of the moon; born of the same source as the moon”. Candrasahodari joins candra (moon) and sahodari (sister, one born from the same womb), celebrating the mythological kinship between Lakshmi and the moon, both having arisen from the cosmic ocean at the time of the churning.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Sahodari is derived from sa (together), ha (intensifying), and udara (womb), meaning 'one who shares the same womb' — a sister in the most intimate sense. According to the Puranic account of the churning of the cosmic ocean (Samudra Manthan), both Lakshmi and the moon (Chandra) arose as precious gifts from those primordial depths, making them cosmic siblings. This name thus encodes one of Hinduism's most celebrated creation narratives within a single compound.

Chandrasahodari is a devotional epithet found in Lakshmi stotras, particularly meaningful in the context of the Samudra Manthan mythology; its length makes it more of a ritual name than a common given name, though its meaning is exceptionally poetic.

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Scriptural source

Chandrasahodari appears in the Lakshmi Ashtottaram, among the sacred names of Lakshmi.

Astrology — nakshatra, rashi & numerology

By the standard Vedic correspondence between a name’s first syllable and the lunar mansion, Chandrasahodari aligns with the Revati nakshatra, under the Meena rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 9.