Rambhadivandita (रम्भादिवन्दिता, IAST: Rambhādivandita) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is worshipped by Rambhā and the celestial apsarās”. Rambhā, the most exalted of the celestial nymphs (apsarās), stands here as representative of all heavenly beauties who bow in reverence before Lalitā, the goddess who surpasses all created loveliness.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Rambhā is celebrated in the Purāṇas as the foremost among the apsarās, renowned for unparalleled grace and beauty. That even she and her divine companions prostrate before Lalitā signals that the Goddess transcends every standard of celestial perfection. The suffix ādi means 'and others of her kind,' indicating the entire host of apsarās. Vandita means 'honored, worshipped, saluted.'

This epithet conveys that Lalitā's sovereignty extends even over the realms of heavenly beauty, making her the beauty beyond all beauties. Pronounced ram-bhaa-di-van-di-taa; best used as a devotional name rather than a shortened given name.

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Scriptural source

Rambhadivandita 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, Rambhadivandita aligns with the Chitra nakshatra, under the Tula rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 6.