Madaghurnita Raktakshi (मदघूर्णिता रक्ताक्षी, IAST: Madaghūrṇitaraktākṣī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She whose reddened eyes whirl with divine rapture”. A compound of mada (divine bliss-intoxication), ghūrṇita (whirling, rolling), rakta (red, suffused with colour), and akṣī (eyes), this epithet captures the ecstatic, intoxicated gaze of Lalitā whose lotus-eyes are flushed and spinning with rapturous inner bliss.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Ghūrṇita, from the root ghūrṇ ('to whirl, to reel'), paints a vivid kinaesthetic image: the Devī's eyes, already red from bliss-mada, move with a dreamy, spinning quality like the swaying of a peacock in rain. Rakta carries the double resonance of both the colour red — auspicious and powerful in Śākta iconography — and blood, linking this image to the red-complexioned Devī who is the life-force of the universe. Together these layers create one of the most sensuously precise descriptions of Lalitā's divine countenance in the entire Sahasranāma.

This multi-element descriptive compound is a liturgical phrase within the Lalitā Sahasranāma and is not practical as a standalone given name. Devotees venerate this image of the Devī during antaraṅga upāsanā, the intimate interior form of Śrī Vidyā worship.

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Scriptural source

Madaghurnita Raktakshi 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, Madaghurnita Raktakshi aligns with the Magha nakshatra, under the Simha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 4.