Bhagavati (भगवती, IAST: Bhagavatī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “The divine one possessed of all glory and perfection”. The feminine of 'bhagavat', one who possesses 'bhaga' in its fullness — the six supreme qualities of sovereignty, power, fame, beauty, knowledge, and renunciation — this name is the highest honorific the tradition offers any deity.

Meaning, etymology & significance

In Sanskrit theology 'bhagavat' is not merely an honorific but a precise technical term: only one who wholly embodies all six divine excellences deserves it. Applied to Lalitā as 'Bhagavatī', the stotra declares her to be the absolute, without deficiency in any divine quality. The name became the standard Sanskrit word for 'goddess' across all traditions, yet it retains its full philosophical weight every time it is uttered.

Every great goddess — Durgā, Sarasvatī, Lakṣmī, Kālī — is addressed as Bhagavatī, but in the Lalitā Sahasranāma it is her own personal epithet, affirming her supremacy. Pronounced 'Bha-ga-va-tee', it is widely used as both a devotional address and a given name throughout the subcontinent.

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Scriptural source

Bhagavati 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, Bhagavati aligns with the Mula nakshatra, under the Dhanu rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 6.