Mohanāśini (मोहनाशिनी, IAST: Mohanāśinī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who destroys delusion and dispels all bewilderment”. From moha (delusion, confusion) + nāśinī (she who destroys), this epithet honors Lalitha as the liberating force that shatters the fog of ignorance and leads beings into the light of self-knowledge.

Meaning, etymology & significance

While Nirmohā speaks of the Goddess's own untouched clarity, Mohanāśinī emphasizes her active grace extended toward those who are still caught in moha. She enters the heart of the deluded devotee and, like the sun burning away morning mist, annihilates confusion at its root. This compassionate, liberating energy is a beautiful quality to invoke for a daughter.

Mohanāśinī is an epithet of Lalitha that resonates with the Goddess's role as the great teacher and liberator in the Śrī Vidyā tradition. Pronounced mo-ha-NĀ-shi-nī, with a long ā in the third syllable and long final ī.

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Scriptural source

Mohanāśini 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, Mohanāśini aligns with the Purva phalguni nakshatra, under the Simha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 2.