Kadambaripriya (कादम्बरीप्रिया, IAST: Kādambarīpriyā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who loves the kadambari, the honey-wine of kadamba”. From kādambarī (the intoxicating nectar or wine derived from the kadamba flower, also a celebrated Sanskrit prose poem) and priyā (beloved, fond of), this name reveals Lalithā's delight in the divine sweetness and intoxication symbolized by this fragrant essence.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Kādambarī in Sanskrit literature refers both to a type of divine intoxicant made from kadamba flowers—symbolic of blissful, ego-dissolving devotion—and to the immortal prose epic of Bāṇabhaṭṭa, itself renowned for its intoxicating beauty of language. As Kādambarīpriyā, Lalithā is the one who delights in this nectar-like bliss, inviting her devotees to taste the sweetness of surrender that leaves the soul joyously absorbed in her. The name thus carries layers of aesthetic, devotional, and mystical richness.

This exquisite epithet of Lalithā is beloved in the Sahasranāma recitation for its layered beauty; Kādambarī alone is also used as a rare and elegant given name for girls. Pronounced kā-dam-ba-rī-pri-yā.

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Scriptural source

Kadambaripriya 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, Kadambaripriya aligns with the Mrigashira nakshatra, under the Mithuna rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 4.