Tapatrayagnisantaptasamahladanachandrika (तापत्रयाग्निसन्तप्तसमाह्लादनचन्द्रिका, IAST: Tāpatrayāgni-santapta-samāhlādana-candrikā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “The moonbeam that soothes souls scorched by threefold suffering”. This magnificent compound — tāpatraya (the three afflictions: ādhyātmika, ādhibhautika, ādhidaivika) + agni (fire) + santapta (scorched, tormented) + samāhlādana (bringing delight and relief) + candrikā (moonbeam, cooling radiance) — portrays Lalitā as the gentle, luminous moonbeam that brings blissful relief to all who are tormented by life's three fires.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The tāpatraya refers to the three fundamental sources of suffering in existence: ādhyātmika (arising from within oneself, bodily and mental), ādhibhautika (arising from other beings and the environment), and ādhidaivika (arising from fate, cosmic forces, and natural calamity). Together these constitute the threefold fire that scorches every living being in saṃsāra. Lalitā, as the candrikā — the cooling, silver moonbeam — brings samāhlāda, a profound and complete refreshment, dissolving all three fires through her compassionate grace.

This is one of the longest and most poetically exquisite names in the entire Sahasranāma, functioning as a complete theological statement about the Goddess's redemptive role; it is recited in contemplative meditation rather than used as a given name. Pronounced as a flowing compound, tā-pa-tra-yāg-ni-san-tap-ta-sa-māh-lā-da-na-can-dri-kā, it is a masterpiece of Saṃskṛta compounding.

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Scriptural source

Tapatrayagnisantaptasamahladanachandrika 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, Tapatrayagnisantaptasamahladanachandrika aligns with the Purva phalguni nakshatra, under the Simha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 4.