Shamatmika (शमात्मिका, IAST: Śamātmikā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She whose very essence is tranquility and peace”. From śama (peace, mental calm) and ātmikā (one whose nature is), this name reveals Lalitā as the living embodiment of supreme inner stillness.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The root śam carries the sense of quietude, the cessation of mental agitation, and the bliss of inner equanimity. The suffix ātmikā indicates that this quality is not merely an attribute but Her very being. In the Śākta tradition, the Goddess is the source from which all peace flows into the cosmos.

Śamātmikā is an epithet of Lalitā Mahātripurasundarī, celebrating Her as the supreme refuge of those who seek stillness. Pronounced sha-MAHT-mi-kaa; the long ā in Śama should be given its full weight.

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Scriptural source

Shamatmika 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, Shamatmika aligns with the Hasta nakshatra, under the Kanya rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 8.