Maitryadivasanalabhya (मैत्र्यादिवासनालभ्या, IAST: Maitryādivāsanālabhyā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “Attained through virtues like loving-kindness and other pure dispositions”. A rich compound of maitrī (loving-kindness, benevolence) + ādi (and so forth, beginning with) + vāsanā (deep-rooted disposition, inner tendency) + labhyā (attainable), declaring that the Goddess is only truly reached through cultivated inner virtues starting with universal love.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Maitrī is the first of the four brahma-vihāras (divine abodes of the mind) in both Hindu and Buddhist thought — loving-kindness as a boundless interior orientation toward all beings. The word ādi expands this to include the full spectrum of such virtues: compassion (karuṇā), equanimity (upekṣā), and joy in others' happiness (muditā). Lalitā as Maitryādivāsanālabhyā reveals a profound spiritual teaching: she is not won by ritual alone but by the sincere cultivation of these inner qualities — she dwells where kindness dwells.

This is one of the most philosophically dense epithets in the Lalitā Sahasranāma, beloved in Vedāntic commentary; as a compound it is far too long for a given name but 'Maitri' or 'Maitrī' extracted from it is a beautiful, meaningful girl's name. Pronounced Mai-trya-aa-di-vaa-sa-naa-lab-hyaa.

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Scriptural source

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