Shuddha (शुद्धा, IAST: Śuddhā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “The pure one, utterly untouched and immaculate”. From the Sanskrit root śudh meaning to purify or to be clean, Śuddhā names the Goddess as absolute purity itself, the consciousness that can never be stained by any imperfection in the worlds she pervades.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Śuddhā is not merely a quality the Goddess possesses among others but an expression of her essential nature — she is purity in its most radical and unconditional form, the light in which no shadow can abide. This name echoes the Upaniṣadic and Tantric teaching that pure consciousness (cit) is the ground of all existence, and that the Devī as that consciousness is eternally free from all contamination. In the Lalitā Sahasranāma, Śuddhā crowns a sequence of cosmic epithets, affirming that beneath all her fierce and generous manifestations lies this pristine, luminous ground.

Śuddhā is an epithet of Lalitā, Sarasvatī, and the Devī in many traditions, and it makes a simple, elegant, and spiritually meaningful name for a girl. Pronounced SHUD-dhaa, the doubled consonant carries a gentle emphasis.

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Scriptural source

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