Tirodhanakarini (तिरोधानकरी, IAST: Tirodhānakārī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who performs the act of concealment”. Tirodhāna (concealment, veiling) and kārī (the feminine doer, one who performs) together name Lalitā as the divine power that veils ultimate reality behind the play of māyā, making multiplicity possible.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Tirodhāna (from tiras, away, out of sight + dhā, to place) denotes the fourth of the five divine acts (pañcakṛtyas) — creation, sustenance, dissolution, concealment, and grace — wherein the Goddess cloaks her own infinite nature so that the drama of the universe and individual souls can unfold. Far from a deception, this veiling is an act of divine love and creative freedom, making the entire adventure of embodied consciousness possible. As Tirodhānakārī, Lalitā is both the veil and the wearer of the veil.

This epithet is particularly significant in Kashmiri Śaivism and Śrīvidyā, where the five cosmic acts are ascribed to the Goddess as the supreme Śakti. As a given name the compound is unwieldy; pronounced ti-ro-DHAA-na-kaa-ree.

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Scriptural source

Tirodhanakarini 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, Tirodhanakarini aligns with the Purva phalguni nakshatra, under the Simha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 6.