aṅgula अङ्गुल – finger-breadth
substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary substantive neuter
finger-breadth
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine · substantive neuter
Original text · English · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
aṅgula ·m. n. a thumb's breadth.
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine
Original text · English · substantive masculine
aṅgula aṅgula, as, m. (for rt. ag or aṅg), a finger; the thumb; a finger's breadth, a measure equal to eight barley-corns, twelve aṅgulas making a vitasti or span, and twenty-four a hasta or cubit; (in astron.) a digit, or twelfth part; N. of the sage Cāṇakya.
Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified
Original text · German · substantive masculine
aṅgula m. 1〉 Finger RAMĀṆ._zu_AK._im_ŚKDR. — 2〉 Daumen H. 592. — 3〉 die Breite des Daumens (als Längenmaass) = 8 Gerstenkörner VĀCASP._zu_AK._im_ŚKDR. 12 Angula = 1 Vitasti (Spanne) AK. 2,6,2,35 (vitastirdvādaśāṅgulaḥ). 24 Angula = 1 Hasta (die Entfernung vom Ellbogen bis zur Spitze des Mittelfingers) H. 887. (caturviṃśatyaṅgulānāṃ hastaḥ); vgl. BHAṬṬOTPALA_in_Verz. d. B. H. S. 245, N. 3. daśabhiraṅgulaiḥ MIT. 140, ult. n. na hyaviddhaṃ tayorgātre babhūvāṅgulamantaram (? āṅgula) R. 6,20,22. śaṅkurdaśāṅgulaḥ M. 8,271; vgl. daśāṅgula. Die Grammatiker erwähnen aṅgula nur am Ende von bestimmten Zusammensetzungen und zwar als Substitut von aṅguli P. 5,4,86. P. 5,4,114. VOP. 6,19. VOP. 6,51. VOP. 6,57. — 4〉 N. eines Ṛṣi = vātsyāyana, cāṇakya u. s. w. H. 854. — Vgl. aṅguri, aṅgulaka, aṅguli, aṅguṣṭha.
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
aṅgula 3〉 vgl. Ind. St. 8,432. Ind. St. 8,436. kṛtrimaṃ ca tathā durgaṃ mitvā mitvātmano 'ṅgulaiḥ MĀRK. P. 49,36.
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
aṅgula 3〉 SŪRYAS. 3,1. fg. SŪRYAS. 3,2. SŪRYAS. 3,5. fg. SŪRYAS. 3,21. SŪRYAS. 3,28. fg. SŪRYAS. 3,40. SŪRYAS. 4,25. fg. SŪRYAS. 6,2. SŪRYAS. 6,17. fg. SŪRYAS. 10,9. fg. SŪRYAS. 13,5.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · substantive neuter
Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
aṅgula — 1〉 m. n. die Breite des Daumens als Längenmaass, = ¹⁄₂₄ Hasta Chr. 103,8. Chr. 217,16 = 14 Aṇu ŚULBAS. 1,4,5. — 2〉 *m. Finger, Daumen. *n. Finger des Elephantenrüssels GAL. — 3〉 *m. N. pr. eines Ṛṣi, = Cāṇakya, = Kātyāyana (GAL.).
Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine · substantive neuter
Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
aṅgula m. n. Daumenbreite.
Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine
Original text · French · substantive masculine
aṅgula aṅgula m. pouce; doigt. Cf. aṅguri. aṅguli f. comme aṅguri. aṅgulimudrā f. cachet de bague. aṅgulī f. comme aṅguri. [Page010-2] aṅgulītrāṇa n. (trā) garde-des-doigts, pièce de l'arc qui les empêche d'être blessés.
Occurrences in source texts (8)
GoS 2 occurrences
HP 2 occurrences
SiSa 3 occurrences
SVU 1 occurrence
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