Jagatikanda (जगतीकन्दा, IAST: Jagatīkandā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is the root-bulb and sustenance of the earth”. From jagatī (the earth, the world) and kandā (root bulb, the underground source of nourishment and life), this name reveals Lalithā as the hidden foundational power that sustains all earthly existence.

Meaning, etymology & significance

A kanda is the underground root-bulb from which a plant draws its sustenance and from which new life perpetually arises; applied cosmologically, it is a profound image of Lalithā as the invisible, nourishing ground of the world. Just as the kanda feeds the entire plant unseen beneath the soil, so the Devī sustains the entire cosmos from her invisible substratum of divine power. This name is an invitation to recognize that the world's vitality draws from her grace alone.

This distinctive epithet belongs to Śrī Lalithā in her cosmic sustaining role; the compound makes it less common as a personal name but deeply meaningful. Pronounced ja-ga-tī-kan-dā.

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Scriptural source

Jagatikanda 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, Jagatikanda aligns with the Uttara ashadha nakshatra, under the Makara rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 6.