Manomayi (मनोमयी, IAST: Manomayī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is made of mind, pervading all thought”. From manas (mind, the inner faculty of thought and feeling) and the suffix mayī (made of, pervaded by), this name reveals Lalitā as the conscious principle that suffuses and transcends the entire mental realm.

Meaning, etymology & significance

In Vedāntic cosmology, manomaya koṣa refers to the mental sheath of the individual soul, and the Goddess as Manomayī pervades and transcends this layer entirely. She is not bound by mind but is its very ground, the luminous awareness in which all thoughts arise and dissolve.

This name is beloved in devotional traditions as it reminds worshippers that the Goddess is intimately present within their own consciousness. Pronounced muh-no-muh-yee, it is a soft, flowing name well-suited for a girl.

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Scriptural source

Manomayi 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, Manomayi aligns with the Magha nakshatra, under the Simha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 6.