Mahayagakramaradhya (महायागक्रमाराध्या, IAST: Mahāyāgakramārādhyā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She worshipped through the sequence of the great sacrifice”. From mahā (great), yāga (sacrifice or sacred offering), krama (sequential order), and ārādhyā (one who is worshipped), this name honors Lalitā as the Goddess propitiated through the elaborate sequential rites of the great Śrīvidyā yāga.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The mahāyāga refers to the grand tantric ritual of the Śrīvidyā tradition, performed in precise sequential stages (krama) involving internal and external offerings, mantra recitation, and yantra worship. The word ārādhyā comes from ā-rādh, meaning to propitiate or delight, indicating that Lalitā is most fully revealed and honored through this orderly, devotional progression of sacred acts. Every step of the krama is itself a love-offering to the Goddess.

This multi-component compound epithet is specific to the Lalitā Sahasranāma and the Śrīvidyā ritual tradition. As a compound, it functions best as a liturgical epithet rather than a personal given name; pronounced mah-haa-yaa-gah-kruh-maa-raad-hyaa.

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Scriptural source

Mahayagakramaradhya 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, Mahayagakramaradhya aligns with the Magha nakshatra, under the Simha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 5.