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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.22.14

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 22: Story of Kāma: The loss of his body. At the Sarayū–Gaṅgā confluence, Viśvāmitra recounts how Śiva’s fiery gaze destroyed Kāma’s body, the travellers stay at the hermitage

In the sequence: Kāma became Anaṅga, “the Bodiless,” and the place where he lost his aṅga, or body, became associated with the name Aṅga

1.22.14

anaṅga iti vikhyātas tadā prabhṛti rāghava
sa cāṅgaviṣayaḥ śrīmān yatrāṅgaṃ sa mumoca ha

From then on he became renowned as Anaṅga ('the Bodiless'), O Rāghava; and the glorious Aṅga country is that where he shed his body (aṅga).

Words: anaṅga — Anaṅga (the Bodiless); iti — thus, as; vikhyātas — renowned; tadā — then; prabhṛti — from...onwards; rāghava — O Rāghava; sa — that; cāṅgaviṣayaḥ — and the Aṅga territory; śrīmān — glorious; yatrāṅgaṃ — where the body; sa — he; mumoca — shed, released; ha — indeed

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.