Mahayogeshvareshvari (महायोगेश्वरेश्वरी, IAST: Mahāyogeśvareśvarī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “Supreme sovereign over all lords of great yoga”. Built from 'mahā' (great), 'yoga' (union, the spiritual discipline), 'īśvara' (lord), and a second 'īśvarī' (supreme sovereign lady), this name declares Lalitā as the Goddess who reigns over even the greatest masters of yoga.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The compound is a layered sovereignty: yogeśvara is 'lord of yoga' — an epithet applicable to Shiva or an advanced master — and adding a second 'īśvarī' indicates that Lalitā holds dominion even over such exalted beings. This grammatical doubling is characteristic of Śākta theology, which places the Goddess above every other form of divinity in the hierarchy of liberation. The name thus encapsulates the ultimate Śākta declaration: all paths of yoga, and all who have mastered them, bow before the supreme feminine principle.

This is one of the grandest compound epithets in the Lalitā Sahasranāma and is more properly understood as a majestic title than a personal given name. Pronounced 'Ma-haa-yo-gesh-va-resh-va-ri,' its full form is rarely used as a daily name, though 'Yogeśvarī' or 'Īśvarī' may be drawn from it.

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Scriptural source

Mahayogeshvareshvari 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, Mahayogeshvareshvari aligns with the Magha nakshatra, under the Simha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 4.