Yajñakartrī (यज्ञकर्त्री, IAST: yajñakartrī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who performs and enacts the sacred sacrifice”. From 'yajña' (sacrifice) and 'kartrī' (feminine agent, one who performs), Yajñakartrī asserts that Lalitā is not only the recipient of sacrifice but its supreme enactor and animator.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The feminine agent noun kartrī, from the root kṛ meaning to do or make, designates the Goddess as the active performer — the one who sets all ritual in motion. This is a profound theological inversion: the deity herself enacts the cosmic yajña by which the universe is created, sustained, and dissolved. Every fire sacrifice on earth is but a reflection of her eternal offering.

Yajñakartrī is a less common but deeply meaningful name within Śākta liturgy, emphasizing divine agency in cosmic ritual. As a given name it is rare and dignified; pronounced 'yag-nyah-KAR-tree'.

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Scriptural source

Yajñakartrī 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, Yajñakartrī aligns with the Jyeshtha nakshatra, under the Vrischika rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 6.