anāmā

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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.

Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ vol. 1, p. 82.

anāmā, anāmikā [nāsti nāma anyāṅgulivat yasyāḥ, svārthe kan] The ring-finger; so called because it has no name like the other fingers; Śat. Br.14. cf. Tv. tayā hi śivena brahmaśiraśchinnaṃ, tena tasyā apavitrajātīyatā; ata eva tasyāḥ pavitrīkara- ṇārthaṃ yajñādau pavitranāmakakuśadhāraṇaṃ tatra kriyate | anāmikādhṛtā darbhā hyekānāmikayāpi vā | dvābhyāmanāmikābhyāṃ tu dhārye darbhapavitrake ||; also purā kavīnāṃ gaṇanāprasaṅge kaniṣṭhikādhiṣṭhitakālidāsāḥ | adyāpi tattulyakave- rabhāvādanāmikā sārthavatī babhūva || Subhās.

Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

☞ vol. 5, p. 982.

anāmā f. = anāmikā Ringfinger HALĀY. 2, 383.

Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

☞ vol. 1, p. 46, col. 1.

*anāmā und ánāmikā f. Ringfinger.

Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

☞ p. 32, col. 3.

anāmā f. Ringfinger, Hemādri 2, a, 51, 20.

Vācaspatyam

☞ p. 159, col. 1.

anāmā strī brahmaṇaḥ śiraśchedanasādhanatayā grahaṇāyogyatvāt
nāsti nāma grahaṇayogyaṃ yasyāḥ, nāsti aṅguṣṭhatarjanyādi-
vat viśeṣanāmāsya vā manantatvāt ḍāp . svanāmaprasiddhāyāṃ
madhyamākaniṣṭhayoḥ madhyagāyāmaṅgulyām . svārthe kan . anā-
mikāpyatra . tayā hi śivena brahmaśiracchinnamiti purāṇe
prasiddhvam tena tasyā apavitrajātīyatā ataeva tasyāḥ
pavitrīkaraṇārthaṃ yajñādau pavitranāmakakuśadhāraṇaṃ tatra kriyate .
“anāmikādhṛtā darbhā hyekānāmikayāpi vā, dvābhyāmanā-
mikābhyāṃ tu dhāryye darbhapavitrake” iti chando0 pa0 .

Śabdakalpadruma

☞ vol. 1, p. 46.

anāmā , [n] puṃ, (nāsti brahmaśiraśchedanasādhana-
tayā apraśastaṃ nāma yasya saḥ . anayā aṅgulyā
śivena brahmaśiraśchinnaṃ . iti purāṇe .) anā-
mikāṅgulī . iti śabdaratnāvalī ..

Tāntrikābhidhānakośa

☞ vol. 1, p. 117. ☞ vol. 2, p. 296.