Mahakameshamahishi (महाकामेशमहिषी, IAST: Mahākāmeśamahiṣī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is the great queen of Mahākāmeśvara”. From mahā (great), Kāmeśa (the Lord of Love, Śiva), and mahiṣī (chief queen or royal consort), this name crowns Lalitā as the supreme queen enthroned beside the Lord of supreme desire and bliss.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Kāmeśvara, 'Lord of Kāma,' is the Śrīvidyā tradition's name for Śiva in his aspect of pure, blissful, self-luminous desire — not sensual longing but the primal impulse of consciousness to delight in itself. Mahiṣī is the title of the foremost, most honored queen, one whose status is inseparable from the king's sovereignty. As Mahākāmeśamahiṣī, Lalitā is the eternal royal consort of this supreme blissful Lord, and their union is the very pulsation of the cosmos.

The Lalitā Māhātmya describes the divine couple Kāmeśvara and Kāmeśvarī as eternally united at the peak of Śrī Meru. Pronounced mah-haa-kaa-mesh-uh-mah-hee-shee; Mahishi alone can serve as a simpler given-name form.

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Scriptural source

Mahakameshamahishi 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, Mahakameshamahishi aligns with the Magha nakshatra, under the Simha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 7.