[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Āgama sūtras of the mainstream schools](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama) › [Arthaviniścayasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.arthaviniscayasutra) › [དོན་རྣམ་པར་ངེས་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་ཆོས་ཀྱི་རྣམ་གྲངས](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.arthaviniscayasutra*bo) › [Distinctly Ascertaining the Meanings](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.arthaviniscayasutra*bo~en-84000) › 33 # དན་རྣམ་པར་ངས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་ཆས་ཀྱ་རྣམ་གྲངས 33 Distinctly Ascertaining the Meanings 33 - **Language:** English ### [33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.arthaviniscayasutra*bo~en-84000.33) 16. “He has a lion’s jaw: this has come about because in the past the Tathāgata fulfilled the practice of the roots of virtue. 17. “He has forty even teeth: this has come about because in the past the Tathāgata acted evenly toward all sentient beings.¹¹⁶ 18. “His teeth have no interstices:¹¹⁷ this has come about because in the past the Tathāgata united sentient beings who were divided. 19. “He has very white teeth: this has come about because in the past the Tathāgata offered beautiful gifts. He has even teeth: this is because he guarded well the karmas of body, speech, and mind. 20. “He has a long tongue: this has come about because in the past the Tathāgata guarded the truthfulness of his speech. 21. “Any flavor for him tastes supreme: this has come about because in the past the Tathāgata attended to merit beyond measure and made offerings to others.¹¹⁸ 22. “His melodious voice is like the melodious voice of Brahmā and like the kalaviṅka’s note: this has come about because in the past the Tathāgata spoke gentle words to sentient beings,¹¹⁹ and because he proclaimed speech that gives joy. 23. “He has intensely blue eyes: this has come about because in the past the Tathāgata protected sentient beings with friendliness. 24. “His eyelashes are like those of a cow: this has come about because in the past he¹²⁰ kept an uncontrived disposition. 25. “He has fine skin: this has come about because in the past he became adept at perfectly chanting and collecting the Dharma. ¹²¹ 26. “He has golden skin: this has come about because in the past the Tathāgata offered beds, seats, mats, and attractive garments. 27. “He has one hair for each pore: this has come about because in the past the Tathāgata avoided crowds. 28. “Each bodily hair points upward and turns to the right: this has come about because in the past the Tathāgata seized with courteous dexterity¹²² the instructions of his ācāryas, upādhyāyas, and good friends. 29. “The hair on his head is like sapphire: this has come about because in the past the Tathāgata had compassion for the lives of sentient beings,¹²³ and because he laid aside stones, sticks, and blades. - [Previous: 32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.arthaviniscayasutra*bo~en-84000.32) - [Next: 34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.arthaviniscayasutra*bo~en-84000.34) ## Linked texts (1) - [དོན་རྣམ་པར་ངེས་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་ཆོས་ཀྱི་རྣམ་གྲངས](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.arthaviniscayasutra*bo.33) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.arthaviniscayasutra*bo~en-84000.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.arthaviniscayasutra*bo~en-84000.33) · Pramāṇa