Manonmanī (मनोन्मनी, IAST: Manonmanī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who transcends and elevates the mind”. From manas (mind) and unmanī (the state beyond ordinary mind), this name points to Lalitā as the supreme consciousness that carries the worshipper's awareness above thought into pure awakened stillness.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Unmanī is a specific technical term in Śaiva and tantric yoga referring to the state of consciousness that transcends ordinary mental activity — sometimes described as the pinnacle of the twelve states of the kuṇḍalinī's ascent. Manonmanī therefore names the Devī as the personification of that state of transcendent awareness, or as the one who graciously elevates her devotees into it.

Manonmanī appears as an epithet of Lalitā in both the Sahasranāma and in Śaiva Siddhānta texts, and she is also worshipped as an independent goddess in some regional tantric traditions. Pronounced 'ma-non-ma-nee,' this name is both mellifluous and spiritually profound, and it is used as a given name in South Indian Śākta families.

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Scriptural source

Manonmanī 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, Manonmanī aligns with the Magha nakshatra, under the Simha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 5.