Navachampakpushpaabhanasadandavirajita (नवचम्पकपुष्पाभनासादण्डविराजिता, IAST: Navacampakапuṣpābhanāsādaṇḍavirājitā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “Whose nose-bridge shines like a fresh champak blossom”. From 'nava' (fresh/new), 'campaka' (Michelia champaca flower), 'puṣpa' (blossom), 'ābha' (lustre), 'nāsā' (nose), 'daṇḍa' (staff/bridge), and 'virājitā' (resplendent), this nāma glorifies the Goddess whose nose-bridge radiates the golden-ivory glow of a freshly opened champak flower.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The campaka blossom is celebrated in Sanskrit literature for its pristine golden-cream colour and its slender, elegant form — qualities that make it the ideal poetic standard for the straight, luminous nose-bridge of the Goddess. The qualifier 'nava' (fresh, just bloomed) emphasises the eternal, ever-new quality of Lalitha's beauty, which never fades.

This epithet describes Lalitha Tripurasundarī alone in the context of the Sahasranāma's sequential head-to-toe meditation on her form; the compound is too lengthy for use as a personal name. Pronunciation: 'campaka' uses the palatal 'c', and 'daṇḍa' has a retroflex 'ṇ'.

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Scriptural source

Navachampakpushpaabhanasadandavirajita 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, Navachampakpushpaabhanasadandavirajita aligns with the Ardra nakshatra, under the Mithuna rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 2.