Mantrasara (मन्त्रसारा, IAST: mantrasārā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “The quintessence and soul of all sacred mantras”. Formed from mantra (sacred sound formula) and sārā (innermost essence), the name glorifies the Goddess as the living power at the core of every mantra, without whom syllables remain inert.

Meaning, etymology & significance

A mantra is understood in the Tāntric tradition as a vibrational form of the deity herself, effective only because the divine śakti animates it. Sāra, from the root sṛ (to flow, to be fluid), denotes the finest, most potent extract of anything. As Mantrasārā, the Goddess is the consciousness that makes the mantra alive, the awareness that flows through every sacred syllable uttered by the devotee.

This epithet is particularly resonant in the Śrīvidyā tradition, where the Pañcadaśī and Ṣoḍaśī mantras are held to be her very body. The name is pronounced man-tra-saa-raa and is both devotionally significant and usable as a given name.

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Scriptural source

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