# 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))