Mukhachandrakalankaabhamriganabhivishesha (मुखचन्द्रकलङ्काभमृगनाभिविशेषका, IAST: Mukhacandrakalankābhamṛganābhiviśeṣakā) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “Whose facial moon-mark shines like musk's dark spot”. This compound epithet unites 'mukha' (face), 'candra' (moon), 'kalanka' (mark/blemish), 'mriganabhi' (musk-deer's navel, i.e. musk), and 'vishesha' (special mark), describing the Goddess whose face glows like the full moon adorned with a musk tilaka that mirrors the lunar spot.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The name evokes a poetic Sanskritic convention in which the moon's dark mark is likened to a musk-deer's navel spot; here Lalitha's radiant face surpasses the moon itself, for her kasturi tilaka is the very standard against which the lunar blemish is measured. The compound belongs to a class of upamā-rich nāmas in the Sahasranāma that celebrate the Goddess's beauty through astronomical and natural imagery.

This long descriptive epithet belongs exclusively to Lalitha Tripurasundarī as celebrated in the Lalitā Sahasranāma; because of its exceptional length and compound nature it is used in ritual recitation rather than as a standalone given name. Pronunciation note: stress the aspirated 'kha' in 'mukha' and the nasal 'ṅ' in 'kalankā'.

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Scriptural source

Mukhachandrakalankaabhamriganabhivishesha 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, Mukhachandrakalankaabhamriganabhivishesha aligns with the Magha nakshatra, under the Simha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 9.