Paramananda (परमानन्दा, IAST: Paramānandā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is supreme bliss”. Composed of parama (supreme, highest) and ānanda (bliss, joy), this name declares that Lalitā is not merely blissful but is the ultimate, unqualified bliss that forms the very ground of existence.

Meaning, etymology & significance

In Vedāntic and Śākta philosophy, ānanda is the third aspect of the supreme Brahman, and parama intensifies it to mean that which transcends all relative happiness. Lalitā as Paramānandā is thus the living reality that every soul seeks in every act and every longing — the inexhaustible joy that underlies all experience. Worship of the Goddess under this name is said to awaken a foretaste of that supreme bliss even in ordinary life.

Paramānandā is an epithet found across various Goddess Sahasranāmas and is also used as a name for male saints (Paramānanda); as a girl's name it is beautiful and profound. Pronounced pa-ra-maa-nan-daa.

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Scriptural source

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