Srishtikartri (सृष्टिकर्त्री, IAST: Sṛṣṭikartrī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is the creatrix of the universe”. From sṛṣṭi (creation, emanation) and kartrī (the female doer or maker), this name affirms Lalitā's supreme role as the active, feminine creative power behind all existence.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The Sanskrit sṛṣṭi derives from the root sṛj (to release, emit, create), signifying the act by which the unmanifest pours itself forth as the manifest universe; kartrī is the feminine agent noun from kṛ (to do, to make), meaning the one who performs that act. Together they crown Lalitā as the divine Creatrix, the śakti whose playful will (icchā) first stirs the silence of the Absolute into the dance of creation. This epithet places creative sovereignty squarely in the feminine divine.

Sṛṣṭikartrī is used as an epithet of both Lalitā and Sarasvatī across various Śākta and Smārta texts. As a given name it is rare but meaningful; pronounced SRUSH-ti-kar-tree, with the retroflex 'ṣ' clearly distinguished.

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Scriptural source

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