Ameya (अमेया, IAST: ameyā) is an Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is immeasurable, beyond all reckoning”. From the Sanskrit prefix 'a-' (not) and 'meya' (measurable, from the root 'mā', to measure), this name proclaims that Lalitā's greatness transcends every scale of measurement.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The root 'mā' gives us 'māna' (measure) and 'meya' (that which can be measured); the negating prefix 'a-' renders Ameya as 'the immeasurable one.' This epithet affirms that no yardstick of human knowledge, no cosmic unit of time or space, can contain or quantify the supreme Goddess. She is the infinite substrate from which all finite measures arise.

Ameya is borne as a celebrated name of Lalitā Mahātripurasundarī, honoring her boundless, unfathomable nature. Pronounced ah-MAY-yah, it is soft yet profound and functions beautifully as a given name for girls.

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Scriptural source

Ameya 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, Ameya aligns with the Krittika nakshatra, under the Mesha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 3.