Udaranga (उदारांगा, IAST: Udārāṅgā) is an Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She whose limbs are generous and nobly formed”. From udāra (noble, generous, magnanimous) and aṅga (limb, body), this name honors Lakshmi as one whose very form radiates divine generosity and noble beauty.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Udārāṅgā unites udāra, meaning magnanimous, lofty, or liberal — from the root ud + ṛ, to rise upward — with aṅga, the body or its limbs, signifying that Lakshmi's divine form itself is the embodiment of generosity and sublime grace. In devotional poetry, the physical beauty of the goddess is never separate from her spiritual qualities; her noble limbs are the very expression of her boundless beneficence. This name thus celebrates the unity of Lakshmi's outer radiance and her inner liberality.

As an epithet of Lakshmi, Udārāṅgā reminds the devotee that her every gesture and form flows from an inexhaustible compassion. Pronounced 'U-daa-raan-gaa,' it can serve as a meaningful though less common given name.

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Scriptural source

Udaranga 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, Udaranga aligns with the Krittika nakshatra, under the Vrishabha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 5.