Shrichakrarajanilayas (श्रीचक्रराजनिलया, IAST: Śrīcakrarājanilaỵā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who dwells in the king of sacred diagrams”. From Śrī + cakra (wheel/diagram) + rāja (king) + nilayā (abode, dwelling), this name reveals Lalitā as the living presence who resides at the luminous heart of the Śrī Cakra.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The Śrī Cakra, also called Śrī Yantra, is regarded as the supreme yantra among all sacred geometric diagrams, hence rāja (king) qualifies it. Nilayā comes from ni + layā (place of dissolution or rest), signifying that the Goddess is not merely worshipped through the diagram but truly inhabits it. This name is foundational in śrī-vidyā upāsanā, where the Śrī Cakra is treated as the literal body of Lalitā.

Lalitā is invoked by this name particularly during yantra pūjā, where the practitioner visualises her radiant form emerging from the bindu at the centre of the diagram. As a given name the full compound is uncommon; the shortened form Śrīcakrā or Chakranilayas may be used devotionally; stress: śrī-CA-kra-rā-ja-ni-la-yā.

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Scriptural source

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