Pratyagrupa (प्रत्यग्रूपा, IAST: Pratyagrūpā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She whose form is the innermost, immanent Self”. From pratyak (turned inward, the inner Self) and rūpa (form), this name reveals the Goddess as the very essence of pure inward consciousness that underlies all apparent phenomena.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Pratyak in Vedantic usage refers to the inner witness-consciousness as opposed to the outward-facing senses; rūpā denotes a living, luminous form. Together they declare that Lalitā is not found by gazing outward but by the inward turn of awareness. Meditators who withdraw the senses discover Her as the radiant ground of their own being.

This epithet appears in the Lalitā Sahasranāma to affirm Her identity with the pratyagātman of the Upaniṣads; the name is pronounced PRAT-yag-roo-paa, with stress on the first syllable and a long final vowel.

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Scriptural source

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