Mrinalamridudorlata (मृणालमृदुदोर्लता, IAST: Mṛṇālamṛdudorlatā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She whose arms are tender as lotus stalks”. From mṛṇāla (lotus stalk), mṛdu (tender, soft), dor (arm), and latā (creeper, vine), this name is a devotional simile painting Lalitā's arms as delicate, cool, and graceful as the pale filaments of the lotus.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The lotus stalk (mṛṇāla) is a classical image of delicate beauty — slender, cool, and white — and latā evokes the graceful, sinuous quality of a vine. By describing the Goddess's arms in this way, the stotra celebrates the gentleness and beauty of her embrace, which yet holds all the worlds in its tender grasp. It is a mark of the Goddess's saumya, or serene, gracious aspect.

This poetic epithet of Lalitā belongs to the devotional genre of aṅga-stuti, praise of the Deity's divine limbs. It is rarely used as a given name due to its length; pronounce as mri-NAA-la-mri-du-dor-la-taa.

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Scriptural source

Mrinalamridudorlata appears in the Lalitha Sahasranama, among the sacred names of Lalitha.