Sadasadrūpadhāriṇī (सदसद्रूपधारिणी, IAST: Sadasadrūpadhāriṇī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who bears the forms of both being and non-being”. From sat (existence) and asat (non-existence) joined with rūpa (form) and dhāriṇī (bearer), this name reveals Lalitā as the supreme ground who holds within herself both manifest reality and its transcendent absence.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The compound sadasat points to the Upaniṣadic teaching that the ultimate reality underlies all that exists and all that does not yet exist. Lalitā, as the all-encompassing Mother, is never confined to one pole of being; she pervades both the visible world and the void from which it arises. Dhāriṇī, 'she who bears or supports,' signals her sovereign role as the cosmic sustainer of all dualities.

This epithet appears in Lalitā Sahasranāma as a declaration of her absolute ontological completeness; it is more commonly encountered in liturgical recitation than as a personal given name. Pronunciation note: stress falls on the first syllable of each compound member — sa-da-sa-d-rū-pa-dhā-ri-ṇī.

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Scriptural source

Sadasadrūpadhāriṇī 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, Sadasadrūpadhāriṇī aligns with the Shatabhisha nakshatra, under the Kumbha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 4.