Champeyakusuma Priya (चाम्पेयकुसुमप्रिया, IAST: Cāmpeyakusumapriyā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who delights in the blossoms of the champaka flower”. From cāmpeya (of or relating to the champaka tree, Michelia champaca), kusuma (flower, blossom), and priyā (beloved, one who takes delight in), this name reveals Lalitā's special love for the golden champaka flower, whose heady fragrance is said to draw the Devī near.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The champaka (Michelia champaca) is one of India's most sacred and fragrant flowers — golden-yellow, intensely perfumed, and long consecrated to Śiva, Viṣṇu, and the Devī in temple worship. Cāmpeya is the adjective form meaning 'belonging to the champaka,' and kusuma (from the root kusum, 'to bloom') pairs with it to specify the flower itself rather than the tree. Lalitā as one who is priyā — beloved of, or who loves — these blossoms reveals an intimate and fragrant dimension of her divine personality.

Champeyakusumapriyā is a compound epithet used in Sahasranāma recitation to honour Lalitā's love of champaka offerings; the simple name Champeya or Champaka is itself used as a girl's name, carrying the golden fragrance of this beloved flower.

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Scriptural source

Champeyakusuma Priya 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, Champeyakusuma Priya aligns with the Revati nakshatra, under the Meena rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 9.