Vidhatri (विधात्री, IAST: Vidhātrī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who ordains, creates, and apportions all things”. From vi + dhā (to place, ordain, create) with the feminine agent suffix -trī, Vidhātrī names Lalithā as the cosmic ordainer who assigns each being its form, nature, and destiny.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The root dhā means 'to place or establish,' and the prefix vi- intensifies or diversifies the act, yielding a sense of 'she who places all things in their proper order.' In Vedic literature Vidhātā/Vidhātrī is associated with Brahmā's creative function, but in the Śākta context it is Lalithā who is the ultimate creatrix behind all ordination.

Vidhātrī appears as an epithet of the Goddess in multiple tantric texts, honouring her as the one who writes the very laws of existence; it is a dignified given name, pronounced vi-dhaa-TREE.

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Scriptural source

Vidhatri 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, Vidhatri aligns with the Rohini nakshatra, under the Vrishabha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 6.