Nityachinmaya (नित्यचिन्मय, IAST: Nityacinmaya) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Eternally filled with pure consciousness”. From nitya (eternal) and cinmaya (made of pure consciousness, from cit + maya), this name declares that Vishnu is not occasionally aware but is perpetual, undivided, self-luminous knowledge.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Nitya affirms the Lord's existence across all times without interruption. Cinmaya is a celebrated Vedantic term: cit is pure, self-luminous consciousness — the second member of the triad sat-cit-ānanda — and the suffix maya indicates being composed of or suffused with something. Together, nityacinmaya expresses that the Lord's eternal being is one indivisible mass of consciousness, never darkened by ignorance.

This epithet of Vishnu echoes the language of Advaita Vedanta and devotional Sanskrit poetry; as a given name, Chinmaya is the more commonly used form, famously borne by Swami Chinmayananda.

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Scriptural source

Nityachinmaya appears in the Vishnu Sahasranama, among the sacred names of Vishnu.

Astrology — nakshatra, rashi & numerology

By the standard Vedic correspondence between a name’s first syllable and the lunar mansion, Nityachinmaya aligns with the Anuradha nakshatra, under the Vrischika rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 6.