Samudratanaya (समुद्रतनया, IAST: Samudratanayā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “Daughter born of the cosmic ocean”. From samudra (ocean) and tanayā (daughter), this name enshrines the mythic truth of Lakshmi's emergence from the churning of the primordial sea of milk.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Samudratanayā beautifully combines samudra, the boundless ocean, with tanayā, a beloved daughter, to commemorate the moment when Lakshmi arose from the Kṣīrasāgara, the celestial ocean of milk, during the great churning known as the Samudramanthana. Her birth from the cosmic waters marks her as both child of infinite depth and sovereign of all abundance that flows from those depths. This origin story is celebrated in the Viṣṇu Purāṇa and countless other sacred texts.

This graceful epithet is occasionally used as a formal given name, affirming a girl's divine heritage as a daughter of the cosmic deep. Pronounced sa-mu-dra-ta-na-yā, it carries the vast, serene energy of the ocean itself.

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Scriptural source

Samudratanaya appears in the Lakshmi Ashtottaram, among the sacred names of Lakshmi.

Astrology — nakshatra, rashi & numerology

By the standard Vedic correspondence between a name’s first syllable and the lunar mansion, Samudratanaya aligns with the Shatabhisha nakshatra, under the Kumbha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 7.