Karangulilnakhotpannanaraayanadashakruti (कराङ्गुलिनखोत्पन्ननारायणदशाकृतिः, IAST: KarāṅgulinakhotpannaNārāyaṇadaśākṛtiḥ) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “From whose fingernails arose Narayana's ten incarnations”. This profound name declares that the ten avatāras of Viṣṇu-Nārāyaṇa — from Matsya to Kalki — did not arise independently but were born from the very nails of the Goddess's gracious hands, affirming Her supremacy as the ultimate source of all divine manifestation.

Meaning, etymology & significance

Kara means hand, aṅguli means fingers, nakha means nails, utpanna means arisen or born, Nārāyaṇa refers to Lord Viṣṇu, daśa means ten, and ākṛti means forms or embodiments. This epithet places Lalitā above the Vaiṣṇava hierarchy by identifying Her as the cosmic matrix from which even the all-pervading Viṣṇu's ten forms emerged. It is a quintessential Śākta statement of the Devī's primacy as Parāśakti.

Lalitā bears this name in the Sahasranāma to reveal that all preserving divine energy — embodied in Viṣṇu's avatāras — flows from Her creative will. Because this name is a richly descriptive compound rather than a simple epithet, it is rarely used as a given name; however, Daśākṛti or simply Nakhā (from the nails motif) are noted as creative derivations.

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Scriptural source

Karangulilnakhotpannanaraayanadashakruti 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, Karangulilnakhotpannanaraayanadashakruti aligns with the Mrigashira nakshatra, under the Mithuna rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 1.