Kalaratryादishaktyaughavrita (कालरात्र्यादिशक्त्यौघवृता, IAST: Kālarātryādiśaktyaughavṛtā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She encircled by Kalaratri and the host of shaktis”. From 'Kālarātrī' (the dark goddess of time's night), 'ādi' (and others of her kind), 'śakti-ogha' (a flood or host of shaktis), and 'vṛtā' (surrounded, encircled), this name exalts Lalitā as the supreme center encircled by a vast ocean of fierce goddesses.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Kālarātrī, whose name means 'the night of time' or 'she who is as dark as the night of dissolution,' is among the most formidable of the Saptamātṛkās and Navadurgā forms; her presence at the head of this list signals the awesome nature of the surrounding retinue. 'Ogha,' meaning flood or multitude, conveys that these shaktis are not merely a few attendants but an overwhelming, boundless assembly of divine power. As their center and sovereign, Lalitā is thus portrayed as the still, luminous eye within a cyclone of cosmic energy.

This complex compound is entirely liturgical, used in the sahasranāma to paint a magnificent tantric vision of the Goddess surrounded by Her fierce emanations. It is not suitable as a personal given name.

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Scriptural source

Kalaratryादishaktyaughavrita 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, Kalaratryादishaktyaughavrita aligns with the Mrigashira nakshatra, under the Mithuna rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 1.