Sarvantaryamini (सर्वान्तर्यामिणी, IAST: Sarvāntaryāmiṇī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “The inner controller dwelling within all beings”. From sarva (all), antar (within, inner), and yāmiṇī (feminine of yāmin, controller, guide), this majestic name proclaims Lalitā as the supreme inner witness and sovereign ruler who pervades and governs every heart.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The term antaryāmin—the inner controller—is a revered concept from the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, where it describes the Self that dwells within all creatures, directing them from within while remaining itself untouched. The prefix sarva (all) universalizes this: Lalitā is the antaryāmin not of some beings but of every atom in existence, animate and inanimate alike.

In Śākta Tantra, the recognition that the Devī is one's own innermost consciousness is the culminating insight of sādhanā. As a given name, Sarvantaryamini is philosophically grand but long; shorter forms like Yāminī or Antarā carry related resonance. Pronounce it sar-VAAN-tar-YAA-mi-nee.

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Scriptural source

Sarvantaryamini 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, Sarvantaryamini aligns with the Shatabhisha nakshatra, under the Kumbha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 2.