Manikyamukutakara-janudvaya-virajita (माणिक्यमुकुटाकारजानुद्वयविराजिता, IAST: Māṇikyamukuṭākāra-jānudvaya-virājitā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She whose twin knees are resplendent like ruby crowns”. Māṇikya (ruby), mukuṭa (crown), ākāra (shape, appearance), jānu-dvaya (pair of knees), and virājitā (beautifully shining, resplendent) declare that the Goddess's two knees gleam like paired ruby-red crowns, royal and radiant.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The simile of crowns for knees is striking in its inversion of scale — crowns are the grandest of ornaments, and here even the joints of the divine legs are invested with regal, gemstone glory. Māṇikya, the ruby, is the gemstone of the sun in Vedic astrology and symbolises power, vitality, and divine sovereignty. By describing the knees as rubied crowns, the hymn implies that even the lowest visible portion of the Goddess's standing form is worthy of royal veneration.

This epithet is unique to Lalitā Ambā in the Sahasranāma and is used in iconographic contemplation (dhyāna) to visualise her full form from head to feet. Māṇikyā or Māṇika are lovely girl's names that carry the ruby-bright brilliance evoked by this nāma.

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Scriptural source

Manikyamukutakara-janudvaya-virajita 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, Manikyamukutakara-janudvaya-virajita aligns with the Magha nakshatra, under the Simha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 6.