Supta (सुप्ता, IAST: Suptā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who presides over deep, dreamless sleep”. From the Sanskrit root svap (to sleep), suptā denotes one who sleeps or embodies the sleep-state, here indicating the Goddess's sovereignty over the deep-sleep (suṣupti) stratum of consciousness.

Meaning, etymology & significance

In Vedāntic classification, suṣupti (deep sleep) is the state in which individual awareness dissolves into undifferentiated bliss; suptā, the feminine past passive participle of svap, captures this state of profound rest. The Goddess as Suptā is not inert but rather the blissful ground of pure being that underlies all experience when the activity of dreaming and waking subsides. She is the restful darkness of primordial consciousness from which all manifestation will re-emerge.

While Suptā is theologically significant as part of the Sahasranāma's sequence on states of consciousness, it is seldom used as a standalone given name in modern times. Pronounced SOUP-taa, with a long final vowel.

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Scriptural source

Supta 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, Supta aligns with the Shatabhisha nakshatra, under the Kumbha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 4.