Viśvagarbhā (विश्वगर्भा, IAST: Viśvagarbhā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who holds the entire universe within Her womb”. Viśva (the universe, all that exists) and garbhā (womb, embryo, inner chamber) unite to declare that the cosmos itself gestates within the Goddess, making Her the ultimate matrix from whom all worlds are perpetually born.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The word garbha in Sanskrit carries simultaneous meanings of womb, inner sanctum, and embryo, beautifully capturing the idea that creation is not a past event but an ongoing process of divine gestation. Viśva encompasses the totality of manifest existence. Together the name reveals the Goddess as the living, boundless Mother in whose body the universe perpetually resides and moves.

This profound cosmological epithet belongs to Lalitā Mahātripurasundarī and resonates with similar names in the Devī Bhāgavata and Devī Māhātmya. As a girl's name Viśvagarbhā is rare but usable; pronounce viś-va-gar-bhā.

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Scriptural source

Viśvagarbhā 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, Viśvagarbhā aligns with the Rohini nakshatra, under the Vrishabha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 9.