Dhyanadhyatridhyeyarupa (ध्यानध्यातृध्येयरूपा, IAST: Dhyānadhyātṛdhyeyarūpā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is meditation, meditator, and the meditated upon”. This remarkable compound unites dhyāna (meditation, the act), dhyātṛ (the one who meditates, the subject), and dhyeya (the object of meditation), with rūpā (having the form of), declaring Lalitā to be the entire triadic process of meditation within herself.

Meaning, etymology & significance

In the non-dual philosophical tradition, the distinction between the act of meditation, the meditating subject, and the object of meditation is ultimately dissolved in the recognition of a single, undivided awareness. By bearing this name, Lalitā is proclaimed as that all-encompassing reality in whom the apparent threefold division of the meditative experience finds its resolution. This name is itself a complete meditation instruction: she is at once the path, the traveller, and the destination.

Dhyānadhyātṛdhyeyarūpā is among the most philosophically sophisticated epithets in the Lalitā Sahasranāma; due to its length and doctrinal density it is unsuitable as a given name but is treasured in contemplative practice. Pronounced dhyaa-na-dhyaa-tri-dhye-ya-roo-paa.

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Scriptural source

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