Padadvayaprabha-jala-parakrita-saroruha (पदद्वयप्रभाजालपराकृतसरोरुहा, IAST: Padadvaяprabhājāla-parākṛta-saroruhā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She whose feet's radiant web surpasses the glory of lotuses”. Pada-dvaya (the pair of feet), prabhā (radiance), jāla (net, web), parākṛta (surpassing, defeating), and saroruha (lotus, born in a lake) declare that the luminous web of light streaming from the Goddess's two feet outshines the beauty of the lotus itself.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The lotus, saroruha, is the supreme symbol of beauty, purity, and spiritual perfection in the Hindu tradition — it is born in water yet untouched by mud, the seat of Lakṣmī and of Brahmā. To say that the radiance of the Goddess's feet defeats even the lotus is to place Lalitā's grace above the highest symbol of creation. Prabhājāla, the web or network of light, suggests that her feet do not merely shine but cast an interconnected net of luminosity that covers and transcends all natural beauty.

This nāma is a fitting culmination to the section of the Sahasranāma describing the Goddess from head to foot, closing with her feet — the very locus of divine grace and devotee refuge — as superior even to the sacred lotus. Saroruhā (lotus-born) or Prabhā (radiance) are lovely and usable girl's names that carry the light of this epithet.

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Scriptural source

Padadvayaprabha-jala-parakrita-saroruha 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, Padadvayaprabha-jala-parakrita-saroruha aligns with the Uttara phalguni nakshatra, under the Kanya rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 2.