Vyaktavyaktasvarupini (व्यक्ताव्यक्तस्वरूपिणी, IAST: vyaktāvyaktasvarūpiṇī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She whose nature encompasses both manifest and unmanifest reality”. Vyakta (manifest) joined with avyakta (unmanifest) and svarūpiṇī (she whose own nature is), this name proclaims Lalitā as the totality that transcends the dichotomy between form and formlessness.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Where the previous name, Avyaktā, emphasizes the Goddess's transcendence beyond all form, Vyaktāvyaktasvarūpiṇī proclaims her as the wholeness that contains both the visible and invisible dimensions of existence without contradiction. This is a declaration of her pūrṇatā — perfect fullness — for she is neither limited to form nor absent from it. In the non-dual Śākta vision, to realize the Goddess is to see that every manifest thing shimmers with her unmanifest depth.

This compound epithet is used in Tantric and Śākta philosophical contexts to articulate the Goddess's simultaneous transcendence and immanence; it is too lengthy for everyday use as a given name. A devotee might lovingly call a daughter Vyakti or Svarupini as a shorter, usable derivation; pronounced vyuk-taav-yuk-tuh-svuh-roo-pi-nee.

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Scriptural source

Vyaktavyaktasvarupini appears in the Lalitha Sahasranama, among the sacred names of Lalitha.