Vishvarupa (विश्वरूपा, IAST: Viśvarūpā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She whose form is the entire universe”. From viśva (universe) and rūpa (form), this name declares that Lalitā's body is none other than the totality of existence itself.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The compound viśva-rūpā unites the Sanskrit roots viśva (all, universal) and rūpa (form, appearance), proclaiming that the Goddess is not merely present within creation but is identically the cosmos in its entirety. In the Śākta vision, the Divine Mother's body is the universe: mountains are her bones, rivers her veins, and stars her ornaments. This name echoes the Viśvarūpa darśana of the Bhagavad Gītā, here reimagined as the feminine ground of all being.

Vishvarupa is an epithet found across Śākta and Vaiṣṇava traditions alike, here applied to Lalitā Mahātripurasundarī as the all-encompassing Mother. Pronounced vi-shva-ROO-paa, with equal stress on the second and third syllables.

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Scriptural source

Vishvarupa 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, Vishvarupa aligns with the Rohini nakshatra, under the Vrishabha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 3.