Haranetragnisandagdha-kamasanjivanaushaddhi (हरनेत्राग्निसन्दग्धकामसञ्जीवनौषधिः, IAST: HaranetāgnisandagdhaKāmasañjīvanauṣadhiḥ) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “The healing herb that revived Kama burned by Shiva's eye”. Lalitā is glorified as the divine medicinal herb — the life-giving auṣadhi — that restored Kāmadeva to life after he was reduced to ash by the fire blazing from Śiva's third eye, for only the supreme Goddess possesses the power to reverse the destruction wrought by Mahādeva.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Hara is Śiva, netra is eye (specifically the third eye of wrath), agni is fire, sandagdha means completely burned, Kāma is the god of love Manmatha, sañjīvana means restoration to life, and auṣadhi means medicinal herb or life-giving remedy. The mythology narrates that after Kāma disturbed Śiva's meditation and was incinerated, his wife Rati's lament moved the Devī to compassion and She revived him, thereby restoring love and auspiciousness to the cosmos. The name thus celebrates Lalitā as the physician of the gods and the sustainer of all creative joy.

This name is beloved by devotees who seek Lalitā's grace in matters of love, healing, and the restoration of what has been lost. Auṣadhī or Sañjīvanī — meaning 'life-restoring medicine' — are the components occasionally given as independent names for girls.

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Scriptural source

Haranetragnisandagdha-kamasanjivanaushaddhi 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, Haranetragnisandagdha-kamasanjivanaushaddhi aligns with the Punarvasu nakshatra, under the Mithuna rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 6.