Chitshakti (चिच्छक्ती, IAST: Cicchaktī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is the power of pure consciousness”. A compound of 'cit' (pure consciousness, awareness) and 'śakti' (divine power, energy), this name reveals Lalitha as the very force and dynamism of consciousness itself.

Meaning, etymology & significance

In Śākta Tantra and Kashmir Śaivism, 'cit' is one of the three aspects of Brahman (sat-cit-ānanda), denoting pure, self-aware consciousness. 'Śakti' is the creative, sustaining, and dissolving power of the universe. Cicchaktī thus unites the still awareness of pure consciousness with the dynamic energy of the universe, declaring them to be one and the same in the Goddess.

Cicchaktī is a profoundly philosophical name of Lalitha, cherished in Śrīvidyā and Tāntric traditions. Pronounced chit-SHAK-tee, it is used as a given name especially in families devoted to the Śākta path.

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Scriptural source

Chitshakti 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, Chitshakti aligns with the Revati nakshatra, under the Meena rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 2.