Pali anga (25)
According to Davids and Stede’s Pali-English Dictionary, anga is related to Sanskrit anga and Latin angulus. It refers to “a constituent part of the body, a limb, member; also of objects: part, member; a constituent part of a whole or system or collection; and a constituent part as characteristic, prominent, or distinguishing, a mark, attribute, sign, quality.” It traces its origin to the Tamil root aṅku through the transformation of aṅku > áṅga > anga. The following words, related to Pali anga, also originate from Tamil aṅku.
anga-jāta, the distinguishing member. anga-paccanga, one limb or the other, limbs great and small. anga-paccangatā, the condition or state of perfect limbs, i.e., a perfect body. anga-paccangin, having all limbs. anga-rāga, painting or rouging the body. anga-laṭṭhi, sprout, offshoot. anga-vāta, gout. anga-vijjā, the art of prognosticating from marks on the body, chiromantics, palmistry etc. anga-vekalla, bodily deformity. anga-sattha, the science of prognosticating from certain bodily marks. anga-sambhāra, the combination of parts. anga-hetuka, a species of wild birds, living in forests. aṭṭha-anga, of eight parts, eightfold, consisting of eight ingredients or constituents. eka-anga, a part, division, something belonging to Jātaka. pañca-anga, five (bad) qualities. vakkanga, a term for bird. chal-anga, the set of six Vedāngas, disciplines of Vedic science. samangin, endowed with, possessing. samangibhūta, possessed of, provided with. samangi-karoti, to provide with. uttamanga, the reproductive organ. sabbanga-kalyāṇī, perfect in all limbs. anga-mangāni, limb by limb, with all limbs. bhavanga, the constituents or the condition of becoming.