Shastrasara (शास्त्रसारा, IAST: śāstrasārā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “The very essence of all sacred scriptures”. From śāstra (authoritative scripture, sacred teaching) and sārā (essence, most refined substance), this name reveals the Goddess as the distilled wisdom that all sacred texts ultimately seek to express.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The Sanskrit root śās, meaning to instruct or to rule, gives rise to śāstra, a body of authoritative teaching. Combined with sāra, the name declares that every sacred text — whether Vedic, Āgamic, Smārta, or Tāntric — is, at its heart, a pointing toward the Goddess herself. She is not one among the subjects treated by śāstras but their very purpose and culmination.

Lalitā is praised as Śāstrasārā to affirm that knowledge pursued through scripture ultimately leads to her recognition. The name is pronounced shaas-tra-saa-raa and forms an elegant, meaningful given name.

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Scriptural source

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