Jñānavigrahā (ज्ञानविग्रहा, IAST: Jñānavigrahā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She whose very body is made of pure knowledge”. Jñāna (wisdom, liberating knowledge) and vigraha (form, embodied manifestation) together proclaim that the Goddess is not merely wise but is wisdom itself taken form — Her body identical with the light of supreme understanding.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Vigraha literally means that which has been made distinct, the particularised form of a principle; in temple theology it is the sacred icon that makes the infinite perceptible. To say the Goddess is jñāna-vigraha is to say Her every limb, feature, and gesture is pure knowing made visible, a living scripture the devotee can behold. This elevates darśana into a direct transmission of wisdom.

This deeply theological name of Lalitā resonates with the concept of Cin-māyī (She made of consciousness) found throughout Śākta literature. As a given name Jñānavigrahā is rare but profoundly beautiful; pronounce jñā-na-vi-gra-hā.

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Scriptural source

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