Oneida County is a county located in the state of New York, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 234,878. The county seat is Utica. The name is in honor of the Oneida, an Iroquoian tribe that had this territory at the time of European encounter and has a reservation in the region.
Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: middle finger (Noun) The finger between the forefinger and the ring finger; this is the longest finger. middle finger (Noun) An obscene gesture directed towards another as an insult.
The middle (second) finger is used to rotate the mala by one bead towards oneself with each repetition of the mantra. In the other method, the mala is hanging on the middle finger, with the thumb used to rotate the mala just as explained-one bead at a time. Either way, the index finger is never used to touch the mala.