Nāmarūpavivarjitā (नामरूपविवर्जिता, IAST: Nāmarūpavivarjitā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is beyond all name and form”. From nāma (name), rūpa (form), and vivarjitā (she who is free from or transcends), this name proclaims Lalitā as the formless, nameless absolute reality that underlies yet surpasses all phenomenal existence.

Meaning, etymology & significance

In Advaita Vedānta and Śākta philosophy, nāmarūpa—name and form—constitute the entire world of appearance, the māyic superimposition upon the pure self. Vivarjitā means 'she who is devoid of' or 'who has transcended.' As Nāmarūpavivarjitā, Lalitā is declared to be the nirguṇa brahman, the attributeless absolute that is the ground of all named and formed existence, even while she playfully takes on infinite names and forms for the sake of her devotees.

This epithet beautifully complements name 299 (Nādarūpā): she who is both the fullness of sound-form and simultaneously beyond all form—a paradox central to tantric non-dualism. As a given name it is too long and philosophical, but it inspires the simpler Vivarjitā or Nirūpā as devotional alternatives. Pronounce vivarjitā with the conjunct rj clearly articulated.

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Scriptural source

Nāmarūpavivarjitā appears in the Lalitha Sahasranama, among the sacred names of Lalitha.