Sadodita (सदोदिता, IAST: Sadoditā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is ever risen, eternally luminous”. From sadā (always, eternally) and uditā (risen, shining, manifested), this name proclaims that the Devī is never obscured, never setting — She is the perpetual dawn of consciousness that knows no night.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The root ud + i gives udita, meaning 'risen' as the sun rises, or 'proclaimed aloud.' Combined with sadā, the compound asserts that Lalitā's radiance is not subject to the cycles of arising and setting that govern the sun and moon. She is the uncaused, self-sustaining light of awareness that illumines all existence without interruption.

As an epithet of Lalitā, Sadoditā underscores Her nature as eternal transcendent light beyond the fluctuations of time. As a given name for a girl it carries a beautiful meaning of 'always shining' or 'ever radiant'; pronounce it as sa-do-di-tā.

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Scriptural source

Sadodita 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, Sadodita aligns with the Shatabhisha nakshatra, under the Kumbha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 7.