Nirguna (निर्गुणा, IAST: nirguṇā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “Beyond all qualities, the attribute-free Absolute”. From nis (without) and guṇa (quality, strand), this name points to Lalitā as pure, unbounded awareness that precedes and transcends the three guṇas — sattva, rajas, and tamas — governing all manifest existence.

Meaning, etymology & significance

In Sāṃkhya and Vedāntic philosophy, the three guṇas are the fundamental strands that weave all phenomenal reality; nirguṇa signifies that which lies entirely beyond their reach. Lalitā as Nirguṇā is the Brahman-aspect of the Goddess, worshipped in the Śrīvidyā tradition as the supreme ground from which even Śakti's own creative impulse arises. This name thus bridges the personal and the impersonal, honoring the Goddess as both the loving mother and the absolute, quality-free truth.

Nirguṇā appears as an epithet in the Lalitā Sahasranāma and is philosophically aligned with the Upaniṣadic conception of nirguna Brahman; the name is pronounced nir-gu-naa, with a retroflex ṇ and a long final vowel.

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Scriptural source

Nirguna 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, Nirguna aligns with the Anuradha nakshatra, under the Vrischika rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 5.