Navavidrumabimshashrinyakkariradanachhada (नवविद्रुमबिम्बश्रीन्यक्कारिरदनच्छदा, IAST: Navavidrumabimbaśrīnyakkāriradanacchadā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “Whose lips shame the lustre of fresh coral and bimba fruit”. From 'nava' (new), 'vidruma' (coral), 'bimba' (bimba fruit, Momordica monadelpha, famed for red lips), 'śrī' (beauty/lustre), 'nyakkārin' (one who humbles/surpasses), and 'radana-cchada' (lip, lit. tooth-cover), this nāma proclaims that Lalitha's lips surpass the combined redness of fresh coral and the bimba berry.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Both coral and the bimba fruit are canonical Sanskrit standards for red lips; their pairing in a single compound intensifies the praise, and the addition of 'nava' (freshly gathered) ensures we picture their most vivid colour — yet Lalitha's lips still exceed them. This expressive nāma belongs to the śṛṅgāra-bhakti rasa tradition of the Lalitā Sahasranāma.

The epithet is chanted in Śrīvidyā pūjā during meditation on the Goddess's smile and is noted in Bhāskarārāya's commentary for its cascading beauty-metaphors; as a compound it is not used as a given name. Pronunciation: 'vidruma' has a short 'i', and 'cchada' begins with a double aspirated palatal.

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Scriptural source

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