Siddhavidyā (सिद्धविद्या, IAST: Siddhavidyā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is the perfected, proven sacred knowledge”. Siddha (perfected, accomplished) combined with vidyā (sacred knowledge, mantra-wisdom) reveals that Lalitā is not merely a knower but the living embodiment of the mantra-science that has been tested, transmitted, and proven through lineages of realized masters.

Meaning, etymology & significance

In the Śrīvidyā tradition, vidyā refers specifically to the Śrī Cakra and the Pañcadaśī or Ṣoḍaśī mantra; when that vidyā is called siddha, it means it has been awakened by a realized guru and passed in an unbroken chain of transmission. Lalitā as Siddhavidyā is thus the very mantra-body of the tradition — knowledge that has achieved its own perfection and is capable of granting liberation.

This name honors the inseparability of the Goddess and her mantra in the Śrīvidyā school; pronounced 'Sid-dha-vid-yaa', it is occasionally given as a girl's name in families with a strong Śākta initiation lineage.

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Scriptural source

Siddhavidyā 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, Siddhavidyā aligns with the Shatabhisha nakshatra, under the Kumbha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 3.