Shaktikuutaikatapanna-katyadhobhaagadharini (शक्तिकूटैकतापन्नकट्यधोभागधारिणी, IAST: Śaktikūṭaikatāpannakaṭyadhobhāgadhāriṇī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “Who bears the lower body as the Shakti Kuta”. The Devī is glorified as Dhāriṇī — the upholder — of Her lower form below the waist, which is the living embodiment of the Śakti Kūṭa, the third and most potent syllabic cluster of the Śrī Vidyā mantra, indicating that pure primal power resides in the generative foundation of Her divine body.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Śakti Kūṭa is the third section of the Pañcadaśī mantra associated with Śakti, liberation, and the creative root force; ekatāpanna means having become one with or fully absorbed into; kaṭi means waist; adhaḥ means below; bhāga means region or portion; and dhāriṇī means she who bears or sustains. This name completes the triad begun in names 85 and 86 by mapping the final kūṭa of the Śrī Vidyā onto the Devī's lower body, affirming that the entire mantra is Her body and Her body is the entire mantra — an identity called mātṛkā-nyāsa in tantric practice.

Together with names 85 and 86, this name forms a thematic trilogy within the Sahasranāma that is meditated upon during mantra initiation in the Śrī Vidyā tradition. Dhāriṇī, meaning 'she who upholds,' is itself a traditional girl's name used independently across India.

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Scriptural source

Shaktikuutaikatapanna-katyadhobhaagadharini 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, Shaktikuutaikatapanna-katyadhobhaagadharini aligns with the Hasta nakshatra, under the Kanya rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 4.