Stutimati (स्तुतिमती, IAST: Stutimatī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is endowed with praise, worthy of all eulogy”. From stuti (praise, eulogy — root stu) and matī (possessed of, endowed with — suffix indicating possession), this name declares that the Goddess is one in whom all praise naturally inheres, She who is the very embodiment of what it means to be glorified.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The suffix -matī in Sanskrit (related to -mān for masculine) is used to indicate rich possession of a quality, as in dhīmatī (possessed of wisdom) or śrīmatī (endowed with splendour). Thus stutimatī does not simply say 'She is praised' but rather 'She is the one in whom praise lives fully' — She is the proper and inexhaustible object of all laudation. Every hymn, every verse of devotion finds its truest home in Her.

This epithet of Lalitā is closely related to the preceding Stotrapriyā, forming a devotional pair. As a girl's name, Stutimati is elegant and carries the meaning of 'the praiseworthy one' or 'she who is endowed with glory'; pronounce it stu-ti-ma-tī.

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Scriptural source

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