Ajājitrī (अजाजित्री, IAST: Ajājitrī) is an Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is victorious over the unborn or the goat”. Ajā can mean 'unborn' (a + ja, 'not born') or 'goat' (a sacrificial symbol of primordial ignorance), while jitrī means 'conqueress'; together the name celebrates Lalitā as the sovereign victor over all that is beginningless and over the primal forces that bind the soul.

Meaning, etymology & significance

In the Śākta interpretive tradition, ajā often refers to Māyā or primordial prakṛti, the beginningless power of illusion; Lalitā's victory over it is her grace of liberation bestowed on her devotees. The suffix -jitrī is a feminine agent noun from the root ji, 'to conquer,' a root shared by names like Jayā and Jayantī. This epithet thus positions the Goddess as the liberating force who transcends even the most fundamental cosmic principle of becoming.

Ajājitrī is relatively uncommon as a personal given name but carries great strength in devotional contexts, particularly in Śrī Vidyā upāsanā lineages. Pronunciation: the initial a in ajā is long (ā), and the j is soft as in 'jungle' — Ā-jā-ji-trī.

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Scriptural source

Ajājitrī 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, Ajājitrī aligns with the Krittika nakshatra, under the Mesha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 1.