Charurupа (चारुरूपा, IAST: Cārarūpā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She whose form is exquisitely beautiful”. From cāru (charming, lovely) and rūpa (form, appearance), this name celebrates the Goddess as the very embodiment of transcendent beauty.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The Sanskrit root cāru derives from the verb car, conveying what is pleasing and graceful to behold. Paired with rūpa, meaning form or manifestation, the name proclaims that Lalitā's every aspect radiates an ineffable loveliness that no earthly beauty can rival. Devotees who meditate on this name contemplate her as the supreme aesthetic ideal of the cosmos.

Charurupa appears as an epithet of Lalitā in the Sahasranāma, affirming that her divine form is the source of all beauty in creation. The name is pronounced chaa-ru-roo-paa, with equal stress on each long syllable.

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Scriptural source

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