Rajapithaniveshitanijashrita (राजपीठनिवेशितनिजाश्रिता, IAST: Rājapīṭhaniveśitanijāśritā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who seats her own devotees upon royal thrones”. From rāja-pīṭha (royal seat, throne), niveśita (caused to be seated, installed), and nija-āśritā (her own devotees, those who have taken refuge in her), this name gloriously declares that Lalithā elevates her surrendered devotees to the highest positions of honour.

Meaning, etymology & significance

This is one of the most generous promises encoded in the entire Sahasranāma: the Goddess does not keep her devotees in a position of perpetual supplication but installs them on royal thrones as an act of her maternal pride and power. The compound captures the essence of Śākta sādhanā, in which the aspirant who takes refuge (āśraya) in Lalithā is ultimately crowned with sovereignty — spiritual and sometimes temporal. It mirrors the Upaniṣadic vision of the liberated soul as a co-ruler in the divine kingdom.

This lengthy compound epithet of Lalithā Tripurasundarī is used almost exclusively in liturgical recitation of the Sahasranāma; as a personal given name it is not practical, and is pronounced raa-ja-pee-tha-ni-veh-shi-ta-ni-jaa-SHRI-taa.

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Scriptural source

Rajapithaniveshitanijashrita 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, Rajapithaniveshitanijashrita aligns with the Chitra nakshatra, under the Tula rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 7.