Sanakādisamārādhyā (सनकादिसमाराध्या, IAST: Sanakādisamārādhyā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who is worshipped by Sanaka and the sages”. From Sanaka (the first of the four eternal sage-sons of Brahmā) and ādi (and others), with samārādhyā (she who is perfectly worshipped), this name honors Lalitā as the highest object of the most ancient and pure devotion.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanātana, and Sanatkumāra are the four mind-born sons of Brahmā who remain eternally youthful and devoted to liberation. The word ādi means 'and those beginning with,' while samārādhyā indicates she who is fully and fervently worshipped. That these supreme renunciates and knowers of Brahman worship Lalitā testifies to her status as the highest reality.

This lengthy compound epithet is devotionally significant in affirming Lalitā's worship across all cosmic ages by the most exalted sages. It is better suited as an epithet than a personal name. Pronounced sah-nah-KAA-dee-sah-maa-RAAD-hyaa.

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Scriptural source

Sanakādisamārādhyā 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, Sanakādisamārādhyā aligns with the Shatabhisha nakshatra, under the Kumbha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 1.