Bandinyadisamanvita (बन्दिन्यादिसमन्विता, IAST: Bandinyādisamanvitā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is accompanied by Bandini and other shaktis”. From 'bandinī' (she who binds or captivates), 'ādi' (and others), and 'samanvitā' (attended by, endowed with), this name reveals the Goddess as the sovereign center of a luminous retinue of binding shaktis who hold the cosmos in her spell.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The name combines 'bandinī,' derived from the root 'bandh' (to bind), referring to the first among a group of attendant goddesses, with 'ādi' indicating the rest of the cluster and 'samanvitā' meaning perfectly accompanied. In the Lalitā Sahasranāma, Lalitā is described as surrounded by these shaktis who govern the bonds of creation, preservation, and liberation. Their presence around the Mahādevī signifies that even the powers of cosmic binding serve her sovereign grace.

This epithet belongs to Śrī Lalitā Mahātripurasundarī, celebrated in the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa's Lalitā Sahasranāma. Because it is a long compound descriptor rather than a standalone given name, it is rarely used as a personal name without shortening to 'Bandinī.'

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Scriptural source

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