Lajja (लज्जा, IAST: Lajjā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who embodies sacred modesty and divine shyness”. From the root laj (to be ashamed, to feel modest), Lajjā personifies the virtue of sacred modesty — not timidity, but the luminous restraint that is the ornament of divine femininity.

Meaning, etymology & significance

In the Hindu understanding of virtue, lajjā is not a weakness but a refined inner quality — the demure grace that reflects self-awareness and dignity. Lalitā as Lajjā embodies the shyness of the supreme beauty who is simultaneously the boldest power in the cosmos, a paradox that enriches devotional imagination. Several philosophical texts number lajjā among the ten forms of Devī.

Lajjā appears both as an epithet of Lalitā and as an independent Śakti in the tantric pantheon, where she guards sacred thresholds. Pronounced laj-jaa.

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Scriptural source

Lajja 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, Lajja aligns with the Ashwini nakshatra, under the Mesha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 7.