# Aṅgulimāla (Aṅguli/Finger + māla/garland) > [!info] Having repeatedly killed human beings, he wore a garland (mala) made of fingers (anguli). > [!NOTE] In Aṅgulimālattheravatthu — Dhammapada ([dhp173](https://suttacentral.net/dhp173/en/sujato)) > Someone whose bad deed > _Yassa pāpaṁ kataṁ kammaṁ,_ > > is supplanted by the good, > _kusalena pidhīyati;_ > > lights up the world, > _Somaṁ lokaṁ pabhāseti,_ > > like the moon freed from clouds. > _abbhā muttova candimā._ ## Suttas - MN86 Aṅgulimālasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/mn86/en/sujato))