Shashvati (शाश्वती, IAST: Śāśvatī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is eternal, everlasting, perpetual”. From Sanskrit śāśvata (eternal, undying), the feminine form Śāśvatī proclaims Lalitā as the imperishable reality that persists beyond all cycles of creation and dissolution.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The adjective śāśvata is derived from the root śaś, connoting continuity and permanence, and in its feminine form Śāśvatī it describes the Goddess as one whose nature is timeless and unchanging. While universes arise and dissolve like bubbles in the ocean, Lalitā endures as the primordial awareness that witnesses every cosmic cycle. This name is a profound declaration that devotion to her is an investment in the eternal rather than the ephemeral.

Lalitā is addressed as Śāśvatī to affirm that her grace and existence are never interrupted. Pronounced shaash-va-tee, with a long first vowel, the name carries a natural musical quality that makes it well-suited for a given name.

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Scriptural source

Shashvati 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, Shashvati aligns with the Hasta nakshatra, under the Kanya rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 2.