aṅgulaḥ

aṅgulaḥ [aṅg-ul] 1 A finger. -2 The thumb, aṅgau pāṇau līyate (n. also). -3 A finger's breadth (n. also), equal to 8 barley-corns, 12 Aṅgulas making a vitasti or span, and 24 a hasta or cubit; śaṅkurdaśāṅgulaḥ Ms.8.271. -4 (Astr.) A digit or 12th part. -5 N. of the sage Chāṇakya or Vātsyāyana.

aṅgulaḥ puṃ, (aṅga + un aṅgau haste līyate aṅgu +
lī + ḍaḥ) hemacandraḥ .. aṅgulī .. ityamaraṭīkāyāṃ
ramānāthaḥ .. aṣṭayavaparimāṇaṃ . ityamaraṭīkāyāṃ
vācaspatiḥ .. (aṣṭasaṃkhyakayavodaraparimāṇe yavo-
darairaṅgulamaṣṭasaṃkhyairiti bhāskarācāryyokteḥ na0 .)
(yathā rāmāyaṇe, —
“na hyaviddhvaṃ tayorgātre babhūvāṅgulamantaraṃ” .)