Pañcāśatpīṭharūpiṇī (पञ्चाशत्पीठरूपिणी, IAST: Pañcāśatpīṭharūpiṇī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who embodies the fifty sacred Śākta pīṭhas”. From pañcāśat ('fifty') + pīṭha ('sacred seat/shrine') + rūpiṇī ('she who has the form of'), this name declares that the Goddess herself is the living presence inhabiting all fifty divine seats of Śākta pilgrimage.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The Śākta tradition enumerates fifty (or fifty-one) pīṭhas — sacred sites where, according to the Purāṇic account, the limbs of Satī fell to earth after Viṣṇu's Sudarśana cakra divided her body. Each pīṭha is considered a living center of the Goddess's power, and in this name Lalitā is declared to be the single divine reality presiding over all of them simultaneously. This is a profound non-dualist affirmation: the many sacred seats are not separate from the Goddess but are her own body dispersed lovingly across the sacred landscape of Bhāratavarṣa.

Pañcāśatpīṭharūpiṇī is a theological epithet central to Śākta pilgrimage theology, honoring Lalitā as the unity underlying the entire network of goddess shrines. This lengthy compound name (pronounced pan-cā-śat-pī-ṭha-rū-pi-ṇī) is not practical as a given name but is deeply significant for devotional and scholarly study.

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Scriptural source

Pañcāśatpīṭharūpiṇī 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, Pañcāśatpīṭharūpiṇī aligns with the Uttara phalguni nakshatra, under the Kanya rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 6.