Vidyavidyasvarupini (विद्याविद्यास्वरूपिणी, IAST: vidyāvidyāsvarūpiṇī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who embodies both knowledge and ignorance as her own nature”. Vidyā (liberating knowledge), avidyā (ignorance or limiting knowledge), and svarūpiṇī (whose very nature is) combine to declare that Lalitā is the ground of both enlightened wisdom and the veiling that makes the soul's journey necessary.

Meaning, etymology & significance

In Śākta non-dualism, the Goddess is not only the light of liberating knowledge but also the power of avidyā that creates the experience of individuation — and she is neither diminished nor divided by containing both. The Devī's vidyā śakti grants liberation; her māyā śakti veils and binds; together they constitute the complete cycle of creation, sustenance, and dissolution. Vidyāvidyāsvarūpiṇī thus reveals Lalitā as the author of the entire spiritual drama, knowing and unknowing included.

This philosophical epithet is celebrated in Tantric commentaries such as Bhāskararāya's Saubhāgyabhāskara; it functions best as a devotional title rather than a short personal name. A daughter might be given the name Vidya from this epithet, a name that is exceedingly popular across India; pronounced vid-yaa-vid-yaa-svuh-roo-pi-nee.

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Scriptural source

Vidyavidyasvarupini 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, Vidyavidyasvarupini aligns with the Rohini nakshatra, under the Vrishabha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 5.