Dakshayajnavinashini (दक्षयज्ञविनाशिनी, IAST: Dakṣayajñavināśinī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who destroyed the sacrifice of Daksha”. Dakṣa (the progenitor), yajña (sacred sacrifice), and vināśinī (she who destroys, feminine of vināśin) together name Lalitā as the power that brought Dakṣa's arrogant yajña to ruin — an act that ultimately reestablished cosmic and devotional order.

Meaning, etymology & significance

When Dakṣa hosted a grand sacrifice and deliberately excluded his daughter Satī and her husband Śiva, Satī's self-immolation and Śiva's grief unleashed Vīrabhadra and Bhadrakālī, who demolished the yajña. As dakṣayajñavināśinī, the Devī is the force behind this cosmic correction — reminding that divine love cannot be slighted by ritual arrogance.

This epithet is shared across Śaiva and Śākta scripture and appears here in the Lalitā Sahasranāma to honor her role in upholding righteous devotion. Pronounced dak-ṣa-yaj-ña-vi-nā-śi-nī, it is long but carries immense narrative and devotional power.

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Scriptural source

Dakshayajnavinashini 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, Dakshayajnavinashini aligns with the Pushya nakshatra, under the Karka rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 8.