Panchasankhyopacharini (पञ्चसंख्योपचारिणी, IAST: Pañcasaṃkhyopacāriṇī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is propitiated with fivefold ritual offerings”. This elaborate compound unites pañca (five), saṃkhyā (number/count), and upacāriṇī (she who performs or receives ritual service), indicating the Goddess worshipped through the classical pañcopacāra rite.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Pañcasaṃkhyopacāriṇī points to the ancient five-service worship (pañcopacāra) offered to the Goddess: gandha (fragrance), puṣpa (flowers), dhūpa (incense), dīpa (lamp), and naivedya (food offering). The name reveals that Lalitā is both the recipient and the very essence of this sacred fivefold devotion. Śrī Vidyā practitioners consider this epithet an affirmation that the outer ritual and the inner Goddess are inseparable.

This epithet of Lalitā is highly specific to her role as the supreme object of Tantric pañcopacāra worship. As a given name it is unwieldy; devotees may use Upacārini or Panchamī instead in daily address.

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Scriptural source

Panchasankhyopacharini 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, Panchasankhyopacharini aligns with the Uttara phalguni nakshatra, under the Kanya rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 2.