Vaktralakshmiparivaahachalanminaabhalochana (वक्त्रलक्ष्मीपरीवाहचलन्मीनाभलोचना, IAST: Vaktralakṣmīparīvāhacalanmīnābhalocanā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “Whose eyes move like fish swimming in the river of her face's beauty”. Combining 'vaktra' (face), 'lakṣmī' (beauty/radiance), 'parīvāha' (overflow, a channel of excess), 'calat' (moving), 'mīna' (fish), and 'ābha' (resembling), this nāma images Lalitha's restless, luminous eyes as darting fish in the overflowing river of her incomparable facial splendour.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The 'parīvāha' image is drawn from Sanskrit alaṃkāra: when a lake brims over, it sends its excess into a side channel; here Lalitha's face is so full of Lakṣmī's grace that the overflow forms a stream in which her fish-like eyes playfully swim. This vision belongs to the śṛṅgāra-bhakti tradition that sees the divine face as an ocean of beauty sustaining all grace.

This majestic epithet is applied exclusively to Lalitha Mahātripurasundarī in the Sahasranāma commentarial tradition; its compound length renders it unsuitable as a given name in everyday use. Pronunciation guide: 'mīnābha' carries a long 'ī', and 'locanā' ends with a clear open 'a'.

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Scriptural source

Vaktralakshmiparivaahachalanminaabhalochana 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, Vaktralakshmiparivaahachalanminaabhalochana aligns with the Rohini nakshatra, under the Vrishabha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 7.