Panchabrahmasanasthita (पञ्चब्रह्मासनस्थिता, IAST: Pañcabrahmāsanasthitā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is enthroned upon the seat of the five Brahmas”. From pañca (five), brahma (the supreme creative principle / the god Brahmā), āsana (seat, throne), and sthitā (one who is seated), this name describes Lalitā enthroned upon a seat borne by the five great aspects of Śiva in their role as Her divine foundation.

Meaning, etymology & significance

In Śrī Vidyā iconography, the Goddess Lalitā's throne is described as supported by five Brahmas — identified in the Tantric tradition as the five forms of Śiva: Sadāśiva, Īśvara, Rudra, Viṣṇu, and Brahmā — who serve as the legs and seat of Her royal throne. This image conveys the profound theological truth that all the great masculine divine forces of the cosmos exist only as the support and foundation of the Supreme Śakti. The name thus exalts Lalitā as the ultimate sovereign above all levels of divinity.

This philosophical epithet belongs to Lalitā Mahātripurasundarī in the Lalitā Sahasranāma and is far more suited to devotional contemplation than to use as a given name. A shorter derivative such as Brahmasanā might be considered, though it remains uncommon.

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Scriptural source

Panchabrahmasanasthita 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, Panchabrahmasanasthita aligns with the Uttara phalguni nakshatra, under the Kanya rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 3.