Chitragupta Chitragupta — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Chitragupta is from the Sanskrit Citraguptā. A modern American baby name in the broader Sanskrit heritage aesthetic. Chitragupta is a foundational name with deep heritage. Sanskrit Citraguptā karma-recorder-Yamas-scribe-Devi + Sanskrit citra picture + gupta hidden + foundational central Citragupta foundational-central-Yamas-Divine-Scribe Karma-recorder in Yama-loka foundational-central-Puranic-Karma-accountant + foundational central Citragupta foundational-central-son-of Brahma born-from Brahmas-body foundational-central-Puranic-narrative in Padma Purana + Skanda Purana + Vishnu Purana foundational-central-Chitragupta-birth-story + foundational central Yama foundational-central-Sanskrit-Dharma-Rāja Lord-of-Death Southern-Direction 1-of-8-Dikpālas + son-of Vivasvat-Sun Vaivasvata-Manus-brother foundational-central-Yama-Dharmaraja + foundational central Yama-loka foundational-central-Yamas-Southern-Realm 4-gates 1-for-each-caste-Karma-record-keeper Citragupta central-figure foundational-central-Puranic-cosmology + foundational central Citragupta-Karma-Bahi foundational-central-Karma-Ledger keeps record of-every-humans-good-Karma + bad-Karma foundational-central-Karma-accounting-Puranic + foundational central 16-Ᾱkṣara-Purushas foundational-central-16-Kayasthas-of Citragupta 16-sons-of Citragupta Śrīvāstava + Amāsta + Nigama + Kulaśreṣṭha + Suryadhvaja + Sakasena + Bālmīki + Bhaṭnāgar + Kṣatra + Karaṇa + Vaśiṣṭha + Ambaṣṭha + Gauḍa + Kārpāla + Māthura + Śayana foundational-central-16-Kayastha-lineages + foundational central Kāyastha-caste foundational-central-Chitraguptas-descendants Karma-record-keeper-caste 16-Kayastha-lineages Prabhu-Śrīvāstava foundational-central-Kayastha-varna-Ᾱkṣara-Kula + foundational central Yama-Dvitīyā Bhāi-Dūj Kārttika-Śukla-Dvitīya foundational-central-Yama-Yamunā-siblings-day Citragupta-Puja-day foundational-central-Kayastha-community-annual-festival + foundational central Citragupta-Puja foundational-central-Kārttika-Śukla-Dvitīya Yama-Dvitiya foundational-central-Kayastha-annual-Chitragupta-worship-day new-Books-and-Pens-Puja foundational-central-Kayastha-scribe-worship + foundational central Kaṭha-Upanishad foundational-central-Naciketa-Yamas-dialogue 6-Vallis 116-verses foundational-central-Yama-Naciketa-Rishis-Ᾱtman-Vidyā + foundational central Yama-Gita 12-verses in Skanda Purana Ᾱvantya-Khanda + Vishnu Purana Book-3 Chapter-7 Yama-Nachiketa-Bhikkhu-narrative foundational-central + foundational central Bhagavad Gita 10:29 anantaś cāsmi nāgānāṃ varuṇo yādasām aham pitṛṇām aryamā cāsmi yamaḥ saṃyamatām aham foundational-central-Yama-Krishna + 11:39 vāyur yamo gnir varuṇaḥ śaśāṅkaḥ prajā-patis tvaṃ prapitāmahaś ca + 8:23-28 yatra kāle tv anāvṛttim āvṛttiṃ caiva yoginaḥ prayātā yānti taṃ kālaṃ vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha + foundational pan-Puranic-Kayastha heritage. Foundational Sanskrit feminine name reflecting cultural + historical heritage spanning centuries.