Prasavitrī (प्रसवित्री, IAST: Prasavitṛī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who brings forth all creation”. From Sanskrit pra- ('forth') + su ('to beget/generate'), Prasavitṛī names the Goddess as the supreme generative power who originates and sustains all manifest existence.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The root su with the prefix pra forms prasavitṛī, meaning 'she who begets or brings forth,' pointing to the Goddess as the primordial creatrix from whose womb the entire cosmos is born. In the Śākta vision, she is not merely an instrument of creation but its very source — the living matrix of all becoming. Every birth, every sprouting seed, every new thought is an expression of her ceaseless generative grace.

Prasavitṛī appears in the Lalitā Sahasranāma as an epithet of the Supreme Mother, honoring her as the originator of all life forms. The name is pronounced pra-sa-vi-trī, with a long final vowel, and may be lovingly shortened to Prasavi in daily use.

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Scriptural source

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