Samayantastha (समयान्तस्था, IAST: samayāntasthā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who abides at the innermost heart of Samaya”. Samaya (the Samayācāra school of internal, non-dualistic Śrīvidyā worship), anta (innermost depth), and sthā (she who stands) together name Lalitā as the living soul of the purest, most interior form of her own worship.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The Samayācāra tradition holds that true worship of the Goddess occurs entirely within the subtle body and the awakened mind, without external ritual props; it is considered the most elevated school of Śrīvidyā upāsanā. Samayāntasthā names Lalitā as the radiant presence who dwells at the ultimate inward station of this path — beyond even the subtlest mental modification. This name thus carries the perfume of the highest contemplative realization, where worshipper and worshipped become one.

This epithet is particularly venerated by practitioners of the Samayācāra school, who regard Lalitā's inner presence as the very goal of their practice. As a given name, Samayantastha is rare and ceremonially long; some families shorten it to Samayastha or simply Samaya for daily use, with the 'ay' in samaya pronounced like the 'ay' in 'say'.

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Scriptural source

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