Thirty-two Forms
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These are the physical marks of a Buddha
- 1. Level feet
- 2. thousand-spoke wheel-sign on feet
- 3. long slender fingers
- 4. pliant hands and feet
- 5. toes and fingers finely webbed
- 6. full-sized heels
- 7. arched insteps
- 8. thigh like a royal stag
- 9. hands reaching below the knees
- 10. well-retracted male organ
- 11. height and stretch of arms equal
- 12. every hair-root dark coloured
- 13. body hair graceful and curly
- 14. golden-hued body
- 15. a ten-foot halo around him
- 16. soft smooth skin
- 17. two soles, two palms, two shoulders and crown well rounded
- 18. below the armpits well-filled
- 19. lion-shaped body
- 20. erect
- 21. full shoulders
- 22. forty teeth
- 23. teeth white even and close
- 24. the four canine teeth pure white
- 25. lion-jawed
- 26. salvia improving the taste of all food
- 27. tongue long and broad
- 28. voice deep and resonant
- 29. eye deep blue
- 30. eye lashes like a royal bull
- 31. a white urna or curl between the eyebrows emitting light
- 32. an usnisa or fleshy protuberance on the crown.
