Shivashaktyaikyarupini (शिवशक्त्यैक्यरूपिणी, IAST: Śivaśaktyaikyarūpiṇī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She whose form is the unity of Shiva and Shakti”. From Śiva + Śakti + aikya (oneness, from eka) + rūpiṇī (one who bears the form), this profound name declares that the Goddess herself is the living embodiment of the non-dual union of consciousness and its power.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Aikya, derived from eka (one), denotes not merely closeness but absolute non-difference; rūpiṇī (from rūpa, form + the suffix -iṇī) identifies her as the very form of that oneness. The name encapsulates the central tenet of Śrī Vidyā philosophy: that Śiva (pure awareness) and Śakti (dynamic power) are inseparable, and that Lalitā is the manifest expression of their eternal unity. Meditating on this name dissolves the perceived duality between the worshipper and the worshipped.

This name is treasured in tantric and Vedāntic commentaries on the Sahasranāma and is chanted during advanced upāsanā to invoke the experience of non-dual awareness. As a personal name it is rare and deeply sacred; the shortened Aikyarūpiṇī or simply Rūpiṇī may be used; stress: śi-va-śak-tyi-KYA-rū-pi-ṇī.

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Scriptural source

Shivashaktyaikyarupini appears in the Lalitha Sahasranama, among the sacred names of Lalitha.