Muktidaya (मुक्तिदाया, IAST: Muktidāyā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who bestows liberation upon devotees”. From mukti (liberation) and dā (to give), this name reveals Lalitā as the supreme grantor of mokṣa, freeing souls from the cycle of rebirth.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The root dā means 'to give' or 'to bestow,' and mukti refers to spiritual liberation from saṃsāra. Together they form a name that places Lalitā at the very summit of soteriological grace. She does not merely point toward liberation — she actively confers it upon those who surrender to her lotus feet.

Lalitā Mahātripurasundarī bears this epithet in the Sahasranāma as the compassionate bestower of final release. Pronounced muk-ti-daa-yaa, with stress on the long ā syllables.

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Scriptural source

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