Nityayauvana (नित्ययौवना, IAST: Nityayauvanā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She of eternal youth, ever-fresh and ageless”. From nitya (eternal, ever-present) and yauvanā (youth; the bloom of young womanhood), this name celebrates Lalitā as the goddess who never ages — her radiance, vitality, and beauty are permanently in the fullness of youth.

Meaning, etymology & significance

In the Śākta tradition, the Devī's eternal youth is not merely an aesthetic attribute but a theological statement: she is untouched by the cycles of time (kāla) that govern all created beings. Nitya also resonates with the sixteen nitya-devīs of the Śrī Vidyā tradition who attend Lalitā, reinforcing this epithet's layered meaning. Yauvanā evokes not only physical bloom but the inexhaustible creative energy — śakti — that perpetually renews the cosmos.

Nityayauvanā is borne exclusively by Lalitā Devī as an expression of her transcendence over time, and it is chanted in her Sahasranāma worship across all Śrī Vidyā lineages. As a given name for a girl it carries the beautiful blessing of perennial vitality and is occasionally used in South India.

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Scriptural source

Nityayauvana 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, Nityayauvana aligns with the Anuradha nakshatra, under the Vrischika rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 6.