[aṃg-ul] 1 A finger.

2 The thumb, aṃgau 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; śaṃkurdaśāṃgulaḥ Ms. 8. 271.

4 (Astr.) A digit or 12th part.

5 N. of the sage Chā- ṇakya or Vātsyāyana.