To keep track of his victims, he takes a finger from the right hand of each, and wears the fingers around his neck, thus earning him the name Angulimala, "the wearer of a garland of fingers." He struggles to find 1,000 victims, so he resorts to killing all who cross his path.
To keep track of his conquests, Angulimala takes a finger from each victim and wears them around his neck, earning him the title 'the garland wearer.' When he fails to reach 1,000 victims, he starts killing anyone who gets in his way.