Udyadbhanusahasrabha (उद्यद्भानुसहस्राभा, IAST: Udyadbhānusahasrābhā) is an Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “Radiant as a thousand rising suns”. From udyat (rising), bhānu (sun), sahasra (thousand), and ābhā (radiance, splendor), this luminous epithet evokes Lalitā's blinding, dawn-multiplied brilliance at the moment of her divine emergence.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The image of a thousand simultaneously rising suns is a classic Sanskritic hyperbole for transcendent divine light — found also in the Bhagavad Gītā's description of the Viśvarūpa — conveying a radiance no single solar body could approach. Each bhānu here is not diminished by the thousand but compounds into an unimaginable, all-encompassing dawn. This name paints Lalitā's very form as pure, overflowing light that fills and transcends all horizons.

This epithet is particularly cherished in the morning recitation of the Sahasranāma, when devotees greet the actual rising sun while meditating on Lalitā as its infinite magnification. As a daily given name the full compound is unwieldy; Sahasrābhā or Bhānusahasrā offer more accessible alternatives.

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Scriptural source

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