Rogaparvatadambholi (रोगपर्वतदम्भोलिः, IAST: Rogaparvatadambholiḥ) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “Thunderbolt that shatters the mountain of disease”. From roga (disease, illness) + parvata (mountain) + dambholi (Indra's thunderbolt, vajra), Lalitā is the divine lightning-weapon that instantly cleaves the towering mountain of all disease and affliction.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Roga-parvata — the mountain of disease — evokes the immovable, crushing weight of illness that can seem impossible to overcome. Dambholi, a synonym for Indra's vajra (thunderbolt), is the supreme weapon of celestial force, known to split mountains. As Rogaparvatadambholiḥ, Lalitā wields this cosmic force against the immovable weight of sickness, reducing it to rubble in an instant of grace.

This epithet is particularly invoked in prayers for healing and is one of the names chanted for physical well-being in the Lalitā Sahasranāma pārāyaṇa. Pronounced ro-ga-par-va-ta-dam-bho-li.

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Scriptural source

Rogaparvatadambholi 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, Rogaparvatadambholi aligns with the Swati nakshatra, under the Tula rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 9.