Rudragranthivibhedini (रुद्रग्रन्थिविभेदिनी, IAST: rudragranthivibhedinī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who pierces through the knot of Rudra”. Rudragranthi (the psychic knot of Rudra seated near the Ājñā or Viśuddhi region) and vibhedinī (she who thoroughly pierces) name Lalitā as the supreme Śakti who dissolves the final, most subtle obstruction — the ego's last grip on separateness — to complete the sādhaka's liberation.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The Rudragranthi is considered the most tenacious of the three knots, rooted in the deepest identification with individual existence and the tamasic clinging to personal continuity; Rudra as the destroyer presides here precisely because this knot must be destroyed, not merely loosened, for final liberation to dawn. Lalitā's piercing of this granthi is the culminating grace that removes the last veil between the jīva and the infinite — the moment of recognition that the individual self was always already the Goddess herself. This name thus stands at the apex of the three-granthi triad and signals the threshold of mokṣa.

This epithet is chanted with the deepest reverence in Kuṇḍalinī Śrīvidyā practice, honoring Lalitā's role as the liberator who dissolves the most fundamental illusion of separateness. Vibhedini remains an occasional independent girl's name in Śākta families, carrying the sense of 'she who breaks open,' and is pronounced vi-BHE-di-ni with a soft aspirated 'bh'.

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Scriptural source

Rudragranthivibhedini 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, Rudragranthivibhedini aligns with the Swati nakshatra, under the Tula rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 3.