Sahasrarambujarudha (सहस्रारांबुजारूढा, IAST: sahasrārāmbujārūḍhā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is enthroned upon the thousand-petalled lotus”. Sahasrāra (the thousand-spoked crown cakra), ambuja (lotus, born of water), and ārūḍhā (she who has ascended, is mounted upon) together paint the most glorious image in all of Śrīvidyā: Lalitā crowned in radiant splendor upon the supreme lotus of consciousness.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The Sahasrāra, often called the crown cakra, is described in Tāntric texts as a thousand-petalled lotus of blinding white light at the crown of the head; it is the realm of pure, undifferentiated Śiva-consciousness, and when Kuṇḍalinī Śakti ascends to meet Śiva there, liberation is realized. Ārūḍhā, from ā + ruh (to mount, to ascend to), indicates that Lalitā is not a visitor to this summit but its enthroned sovereign, permanently established in that supreme stillness. This name is perhaps the most exalted in the sequence of cakra-names, imaging the Goddess as eternally present at the crown of all existence in a posture of sublime, unmoving majesty.

Sahasrārāmbujārūḍhā is chanted as the culmination of the Kuṇḍalinī-sequence of names in the Lalitā Sahasranāma, evoking the final union of Śakti and Śiva in the devotee's own consciousness. Sahasrara is occasionally used as an evocative spiritual name for girls, while Ambuja (meaning 'lotus-born') is a graceful and popular independent girl's name; the long 'ā' in ārūḍhā should be sustained with reverence in devotional recitation.

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Scriptural source

Sahasrarambujarudha 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, Sahasrarambujarudha aligns with the Shatabhisha nakshatra, under the Kumbha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 6.