Drishyarahita (दृश्यरहिता, IAST: Dṛśyarahitā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is free from all that is merely visible”. Rahitā means 'devoid of' or 'free from,' and combined with dṛśya (the visible, the phenomenal), this name affirms that Lalitā utterly transcends the domain of appearances and phenomena, existing beyond the entire manifested world she herself sustains.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Where adṛśyā (name 649) speaks of her being unseen by others, dṛśyarahitā speaks of her own freedom from the realm of the visible — she is not bound within the world of forms even as she pervades it. This reflects the Tantric understanding that the Goddess is both immanent in the world and simultaneously beyond it, untouched by the limitations of māyā. The name carries a note of sublime transcendence, honouring her as pure consciousness that requires no object of perception.

This epithet of Lalitā forms a natural theological pair with adṛśyā and deepens the Sahasranāma's meditation on her transcendence. As a compound it is less suited to everyday given-name use, though Rahita as a standalone element occasionally appears in names.

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Scriptural source

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