Madhvipanalasa (माध्वीपानालसा, IAST: Mādhvīpānālasā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “Pleasantly languid from drinking sweet divine wine”. From mādhvī (a sweet, intoxicating drink made from honey or flowers), pāna (drinking), and ālasā (languid, pleasantly drowsy), the name evokes the Goddess resting in blissful, love-drunk repose after sipping nectar.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Mādhvī refers to a honied or flower-derived wine, a drink associated with divine festivity and the sweetness of devotional bliss. Ālasā, meaning gently languid or unhurried, here is not a flaw but a mark of divine contentment — she is so full of inner bliss that she rests in sweet repose. The image is one of the Goddess at leisure in her celestial bower, radiant with joy.

This name appears in the Lalitā Sahasranāma to convey the Mother's supreme ānanda, her bliss that overflows into graceful languor. While poetically evocative, it is rarely used as a modern given name; pronounce as MAADH-vee-paa-NAA-la-saa.

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Scriptural source

Madhvipanalasa 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, Madhvipanalasa aligns with the Magha nakshatra, under the Simha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 8.