Chandravadana (चन्द्रवदना, IAST: Candravadanā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She whose face is as beautiful as the moon”. Candravadanā joins candra (moon) and vadana (face), one of Sanskrit poetry's most celebrated images, here applied to Lakshmi whose countenance is cool, luminous, and serene as the full moon.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Vadana comes from the root vad (to speak, to shine) and refers to the face or countenance; candra, the moon, is the eternal Sanskrit symbol of beauty, cooling grace, and calm radiance. The compound is a time-honored poetic device in kāvya literature, applied to the most beautiful of women and goddesses. When Lakshmi is called Candravadanā, the name situates her beauty within the cosmic order — her face reflecting the same divine light as the moon that governs the tides and the rhythms of life.

This epithet is found in classical Sanskrit poetry as well as sacred namavalis; as a given name for girls, Chandravadana is used in traditional families who favor long, classical names, though it is often shortened to Chandra in everyday life.

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Scriptural source

Chandravadana 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, Chandravadana aligns with the Revati nakshatra, under the Meena rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 3.