Parāśaktisadāśliṣṭa (पराशक्तिसदाश्लिष्ट, IAST: Parāśaktisadāśliṣṭa) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Ever embraced by the Supreme Śakti”. From parā (supreme, transcendent), śakti (divine power, the Goddess), sadā (always), and āśliṣṭa (embraced, held close), this name declares Viṣṇu as the one who is perpetually united with the highest divine feminine energy.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Parāśakti is the ultimate creative and sustaining power of the cosmos, identified with Lakṣmī or the undifferentiated divine feminine; āśliṣṭa from the root śliṣ (to embrace, to cling) conveys intimate, inseparable union. This epithet reflects the Vaiṣṇava theological truth that Viṣṇu and Śrī are eternally inseparable — she is his śakti and he is her āśraya (refuge), and neither can be conceived without the other. The qualifier sadā (always) underscores that this divine embrace is not occasional but constitutive of His very being.

This compound epithet belongs to the elevated theological poetry of the Sahasranāma tradition and is too complex for use as a given name; it is best encountered in devotional recitation. Pronounced pah-RAA-shak-ti-sah-DAASH-lish-tah.

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Scriptural source

Parāśaktisadāśliṣṭa 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, Parāśaktisadāśliṣṭa aligns with the Uttara phalguni nakshatra, under the Kanya rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 5.