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+ | When the seer Asita came to visit the new born Buddha-to-be, | ||
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+ | It is very clear from the [[Tipitaka]] that the [[Buddha]]' | ||
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+ | In the [[Buddha]]' | ||
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+ | ==Complete list of the 32 Marks or signs of a Great Man== | ||
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+ | #He has feet with a level sole (Pali: supati thapado). Note: "feet with level tread,/ so that he places his foot evenly on the ground,/ lifts it evenly,/ and touches the ground evenly with the entire sole." (Lakkhana Sutta) | ||
+ | #He has the mark of a thousand-spoked wheel on the soles of his feet (Pali: he thapadatalesu cakkani jatani). | ||
+ | #He has projecting heels (Pali: ayatapa ni). | ||
+ | #He has long fingers and toes (Pali: digha nguli). | ||
+ | #His hands and feet are soft-skinned (Pali: mudutalahathapado). | ||
+ | #He has netlike lines on palms and soles (Pali: jalahathapado). | ||
+ | #He has high raised ankles (Pali: ussa nkhapado). | ||
+ | #He has taut calf muscles like an antelope (Pali: e nimigasadisaja ngho). | ||
+ | #He can touch his knees with the palms of his hands without bending. (Pali: thitako va anonamanto). | ||
+ | #His sexual organs are concealed in a sheath (Pali: kosohitavatguyho). | ||
+ | #His skin is the color of gold (Pali: suva n nava no). "His body is more beautiful than all the gods." (Lakkhana sutta) | ||
+ | #His skin is so fine that no dust can attach to it (Pali: sukhumacchavi). | ||
+ | #His body hair are separate with one hair per pore (Pali: ekekalomo). | ||
+ | #His body hair are blue-black, the color of collyrium, and curls clockwise in rings. (Pali: uddhagalomo). | ||
+ | #He has an upright stance like that of brahma (Pali: brahmujugatto). | ||
+ | #He has the seven convexities of the flesh (Pali: satusado). Note: "the seven convex surfaces,/ on both hands, both feet, both shoulders, and his trunk." | ||
+ | #He has an immense torso, like that of a lion (Pali: sihapuba dhakayo). | ||
+ | #The furrow between his shoulders is filled in (Pali: pitantara mso). | ||
+ | #The distance from hand-to-hand and head-to-toe is equal (Pali: nigrodhaparima n dalo). Note: incidentally, | ||
+ | #He has a round and smooth neck (Pali: samva d dakhando). | ||
+ | #He has sensitive taste-buds (Pali: rasagasagi). | ||
+ | #His jaw is like that of lion's (Pali: sihahanu). | ||
+ | #He has a nice smile | ||
+ | #His teeth are evenly spaced (Pali: samadanto). | ||
+ | #His teeth are without gaps in-between (Pali: avira ladanto). | ||
+ | #His teeth are quite white (Pali: sukadanto). | ||
+ | #He has a large, long tongue (Pali: pahutajivho). | ||
+ | #He has a voice like that of Brahma (Pali: brahmasaro hiravikabha ni). | ||
+ | #He has very blue eyes (Pali: abhi nila netto). Note 1: "very (abhi) blue (nila) eyes (netto)" | ||
+ | #He has eyelashes like an ox (Pali: gopa mukho). | ||
+ | #He has a white soft wisp of hair in the center of the brow (Pali: una loma bhamukantare jata). Note: this became the symbolic urna. | ||
+ | #His head is like a royal turban (Pali: u nahisiso). Note that this denotes his cranial protrusion, visible on Buddhist iconography. | ||
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