anāmā अनामा – anāmikā [nāsti nāma anyāṃgulivat yasyāḥ, svārthe kan] The ring finger
substantive feminine · Word type unspecified
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Petersburger 1855 Word type unspecified
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
anāmā f. = anāmikā Ringfinger HALĀY. 2,383.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified
Original text · German · substantive feminine
*anāmā und ánāmikā f. Ringfinger.
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
anāmā HEMĀDRI 2,a,51,20. [Nachtrag, Band 1]
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
anāmā I. 1. [Nachtrag, Band 7]
Apte 1890 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
anāmā, anāmikā [nāsti nāma anyāṃgulivat yasyāḥ, svārthe kan] The ring finger; so called because it has no name like the other fingers; cf. Tv. tayā hi śivena brahmaśiraśchinnaṃ, tena tasyā apavitrajātīyatā; ataeva tasyāḥ pavitrīkaraṇārthaṃ yajñādau pavitranāmakakuśadhāraṇaṃ tatra kriyate . anāmikādhṛtā darbhā hyekānāmikayāpi vā . dvābhyāmanāmikābhyāṃtu dhārye darbhapavitrake ..; also purā kavīnāṃgaṇanāprasaṃge kaniṣṭhikādhiṣṭhitakālidāsā . adyāpi tattulyakaverabhāvādanāmikā sārthavatī babhūva ... Subhāṣ.
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