Right ring — earth (pṛthvī)
Anatomical-right hand
The anatomical-right ring finger is the earth locus in the chosen five-element hand map. The stable, grounding symbolism is a correspondence used for practice orientation, not a claim that earth is physically stored in the digit.
Point 4 of 10 in Mudrās — Hand Element Circuits (मुद्रा)
Cross-tradition overlaps
No overlapping points are registered for this point.
Sources
Vasant Lad, Ayurveda: The Science of Self-Healing (secondary)
Hand-mudrā section, five-element finger correspondence; ring finger is assigned to earth in the convention used here.
Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā (primary_canonical)
Chapter 3, Mudrā-prakaraṇa (verses 1–126), documenting mudrā as a yogic seal and gesture practice.