Characharajagannathaа (चराचरजगन्नाथा, IAST: Carācarajagannāthā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is sovereign of all moving and unmoving worlds”. From cara (moving), acara (unmoving), jagat (world, universe), and nātha (lord, sovereign), this name declares Lalitā as the supreme mistress of the entire cosmos in all its dimensions.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The phrase carācara captures the whole of existence — sentient and insentient, animate and inanimate — emphasizing that nothing in creation lies outside the Goddess's dominion. Jagannātha, more commonly applied to Viṣṇu, here affirms Lalitā's status as the universal sovereign who governs all planes of being. This epithet reflects the Śākta understanding that the Devī is the ultimate reality underlying every manifest and unmanifest thing.

This powerful epithet appears in the Lalitā Sahasranāma to proclaim her cosmic sovereignty; due to its compound length it functions best as a devotional title. Pronounced cha-raa-cha-ra-ja-gan-naa-thaa.

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Scriptural source

Characharajagannathaа 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, Characharajagannathaа aligns with the Revati nakshatra, under the Meena rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 6.