Viraja (विरजा, IAST: Virajā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is utterly free from impurity and passion”. From vi- (free from, without) and rajas (passion, impurity, the activating quality), this name proclaims Lalitā as transcendent pure consciousness unstained by the restless quality of rajas.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Rajas is one of the three guṇas — the activating, passion-driven quality that produces attachment, agitation, and desire — and Virajā declares that the Goddess is completely beyond its reach, residing in the pure luminosity of sattva and beyond even that. This name resonates deeply with the concept of the nirguṇa Brahman — the absolute beyond all qualities — and identifies Lalitā simultaneously as the dynamic creative Śakti and as the ever-pure awareness that is never touched by its own creation. She is both immersed in the dance of existence and forever untouched by it.

Virajā is also a name of rivers and cosmic regions associated with purity in Purāṇic geography, reinforcing its connotation of absolute cleanliness and transcendence. As a given name, Virajā is beautiful, phonetically smooth, and carries a sublime spiritual meaning; it is pronounced vi-ruh-JAA.

Advertisement

Scriptural source

Viraja 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, Viraja aligns with the Rohini nakshatra, under the Vrishabha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 3.