Sampradayeshvari (सम्प्रदायेश्वरी, IAST: Sampradāyeśvarī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “Sovereign ruler of the sacred initiatory tradition”. Sampradāya (the living chain of transmission from guru to disciple) + īśvarī (the ruling sovereign lady) proclaims Lalitā as the supreme presiding deity of the Śrī Vidyā sampradāya itself.

Meaning, etymology & significance

A sampradāya is not merely a lineage but a living current of grace transmitted through successive gurus; by calling the Goddess its Īśvarī, the Sahasranāma acknowledges that she is both the origin and the sustaining force of all authentic initiatory lineages. No guru teaches by personal power alone — it is Lalitā as Sampradāyeśvarī who flows through each transmission, ensuring the teaching remains potent and pure.

This name is particularly venerated within the Śrī Vidyā and Tripurā traditions, where the guru is regarded as a manifest form of the Goddess herself. Pronounced sum-pruh-DAA-yesh-vuh-ree; the sandhi of sampradāya + īśvarī produces the characteristic -yeśvarī ending.

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Scriptural source

Sampradayeshvari 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, Sampradayeshvari aligns with the Shatabhisha nakshatra, under the Kumbha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 3.