Kamadugha (कामदुघा, IAST: Kāmadughā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who yields all desired blessings like a wish-fulfilling cow”. Kāma means desire or wish, and dughā derives from duh (to milk), yielding the sense of one who milks out or grants wishes; the name identifies Lalitā with the Vedic kāmadhenu, the divine wish-fulfilling cow who gives whatever is asked.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The kāmadhenu of Vedic and Purāṇic lore is the celestial cow born of the cosmic ocean, ever ready to fulfil the sincere prayers of devotees and sages. By bearing the name Kāmadughā, Lalitā is the living embodiment of that inexhaustible generosity—She is the cosmic source from which all desires, when rightly directed toward liberation and welfare, are abundantly satisfied. Devotees who recite this name trust that Her grace flows as freely and naturally as milk from a mother.

Kāmadughā is also a name of Lakṣmī and of the wish-cow in various Purāṇic contexts, linking all three goddesses in a tradition of divine abundance; pronounced kaa-ma-du-GHAA, four syllables with the first and last long.

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Scriptural source

Kamadugha 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, Kamadugha aligns with the Mrigashira nakshatra, under the Mithuna rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 9.