Gudannaprítamánasa (गुडान्नप्रीतमानसा, IAST: Guḍānnaprītamānasā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She whose heart delights in jaggery-rice offerings”. From guḍa (jaggery), anna (food, cooked rice), prīta (pleased, delighted), and mānasā (mind, heart), this name reveals the Goddess's gracious delight when devotees offer her sweet rice preparations with pure intention.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Guḍa (गुड) is unrefined cane sugar or jaggery, traditionally combined with cooked rice (anna, अन्न) as a simple but beloved devotional offering. Prīta (प्रीत) means 'gladdened' and mānasā (मानसा) means 'in the heart or mind,' together expressing that this Goddess's inner being is genuinely pleased by such offerings presented with sincere devotion.

This name appears in the Lalitā Sahasranāma within the cluster of verses honoring Lākiṇī devī, whose worship traditionally includes sweet food offerings. Pronounced gu-daan-na-pree-ta-maa-na-saa; the full compound is too descriptive for everyday use as a given name.

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Scriptural source

Gudannaprítamánasa 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, Gudannaprítamánasa aligns with the Dhanishta nakshatra, under the Kumbha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 9.