Concerning anAmikA

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Pooja P

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Jun 27, 2021, 10:05:37 PM6/27/21

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namo vidvadbhyaH,

The paada "कनिष्ठिकाधिष्ठितकालिदासा" of the famous poem led me on the search to the origin of the word anAmikA being used for the the ring finger.

It seems that since shiva nipped off brahma's fifth head with this finger, aprashastAt anAmikA is what the koshas state.

But I'm curious about this story - as to which purANa states this and why did shiva use the ring finger, the logic behind it - if any.

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

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Pooja

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Jun 28, 2021, 12:17:42 AM6/28/21

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... the origin of the word anAmikA being used for the the ring finger.

न संस्कृ॑त ए॒व। अ॒न्यास्वपि॑ भा॒षासु॒ तद॑र्थानि॒ नामा॑नि सन्ति—

It is named after magic or rings, or called nameless (for example, in Chinese: 無名指 / 无名指; pinyin: wúmíng zhǐ; lit. 'unnamed finger').[2]
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In Sanskrit and other languages like Finnish or Russian, the ring finger is called respectively - "Anamika", "nimetön" and "Безымянный" ("nameless").