Icchasaktigjnanasaktikrjyasaktisvarupini (इच्छाशक्तिज्ञानशक्तिक्रियाशक्तिस्वरूपिणी, IAST: Icchāśaktijñānaśaktikriyāśaktisvarūpiṇī) is an Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She whose form is will-power, knowledge-power, and action-power”. This majestic compound unites icchā-śakti (the power of will), jñāna-śakti (the power of knowledge), and kriyā-śakti (the power of action) with svarūpiṇī (she who embodies), proclaiming Lalitā as the living unity of the three primordial divine powers.

Meaning, etymology & significance

In Śākta and Śaiva Siddhānta philosophy, the three śaktis — icchā, jñāna, and kriyā — are the fundamental modes of divine activity: the will to create, the knowledge that guides creation, and the action that realises it. Lalitā is not merely associated with these powers but is declared to be their very form, indicating that they are not separate energies but facets of a single indivisible Goddess. This name encapsulates the entire theology of Śakti in a single magnificent epithet.

This name is one of the most theologically dense in the entire Sahasranāma and is treasured by Śrī Vidyā initiates as a summary of the Goddess's omnipotence; its length makes it a subject for meditation rather than everyday naming. Pronounced slowly, ic-chā-śak-ti-jñā-na-śak-ti-kri-yā-śak-ti-sva-rū-pi-ṇī, it becomes a mantra in itself.

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Scriptural source

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