Baindavasana (बैन्दवासना, IAST: Baindavāsanā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is enthroned upon the bindu point”. From 'baindava' (relating to the bindu, the supreme point of consciousness) and 'āsanā' (seated), this name reveals the Goddess as the one who presides over the luminous point at the apex of the Śrī Yantra.

Meaning, etymology & significance

In Śrīvidyā tantra, the bindu is the primal point of undivided consciousness from which all creation radiates. Baindavāsanā designates Lalitā as she who is eternally enthroned upon this supreme point, the very center of the Śrī Cakra. Her seat upon the bindu symbolizes her identity with the unmanifest source of the universe.

This epithet belongs exclusively to Lalitā Tripurasundarī in her Śrīvidyā upāsanā context and is unlikely to be used as a personal given name owing to its compound length. Pronounced 'BYN-da-VAA-sa-naa', it carries profound esoteric significance for initiates.

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Scriptural source

Baindavasana appears in the Lalitha Sahasranama, among the sacred names of Lalitha.