Jadashakti (जडशक्ती, IAST: Jaḍaśaktī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is the power inherent in inert matter”. From 'jaḍa' (inert, unconscious, material) and 'śaktī' (power, energy), this name honors Lalitha as the divine energy that pervades and sustains even the insentient material world.

Meaning, etymology & significance

In Śākta cosmology, the Goddess manifests not only as cit-śakti (the power of consciousness) but also as the energy embedded in all matter, animating the entire cosmos from gross to subtle. 'Jaḍa' refers to everything that lacks independent sentience — matter, the elements, the physical world — and yet none of it exists without the Goddess's sustaining power. This nāma affirms that Lalitha's sovereignty extends to every dimension of existence.

Jaḍaśaktī as a name of Lalitha balances her transcendent consciousness with her immanent presence in the material universe. Pronounced ja-da-SHAK-tee, it is rarely given as a standalone name but is deeply meaningful as an epithet.

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Scriptural source

Jadashakti 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, Jadashakti aligns with the Uttara ashadha nakshatra, under the Makara rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 5.