Kameshvarastranirdagdhasabhandasurashunya (कामेश्वरास्त्रनिर्दग्धसभण्डासुरशून्यका, IAST: Kāmeśvarāstranirdagdhasabhaṇḍāsuraśūnyakā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “Who annihilated Bhandaasura's realm with Kameshvara's weapon”. The Devī is extolled as the one who wielded the Kāmeśvara astra and completely emptied the world of Bhaṇḍāsura — his city, his armies, and his very existence — leaving behind only the void that precedes a new and blessed creation.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Kāmeśvara is Śiva as lord of love and Lalitā's consort; astra is a divine weapon; nirdagdha means thoroughly burned or destroyed; sa-bhaṇḍāsura refers to Bhaṇḍāsura together with all his entourage; and śūnyakā means made void or emptied. The name captures the climactic moment of the Lalitopākhyāna when Lalitā launched the Kāmāstra — imbued with Śiva's sovereign power — and Bhaṇḍāsura's entire realm ceased to exist. The use of śūnya here is also philosophically significant, pointing to the return of all illusion to its original emptiness before the Goddess.

This name of Lalitā is particularly valued in Śrī Vidyā upāsanā as it marks the culminating act of Her cosmic victory and is chanted to signify the complete dissolution of internal enemies such as ego, attachment, and delusion. Its compound nature makes it unsuitable as a given name in daily life.

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Scriptural source

Kameshvarastranirdagdhasabhandasurashunya 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, Kameshvarastranirdagdhasabhandasurashunya aligns with the Mrigashira nakshatra, under the Mithuna rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 4.