[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [Mahapadanasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14) › 1.35.3 # Mahapadanasutta 1.35.3 Mahāpadānasutta 1.35.3 - **Language:** Pāli ### [1.35.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.35.3) evameva kho, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro mañjussaro ca ahosi vaggussaro ca madhurassaro ca pemaniyassaro ca. > ' And when the boy Vipassi was born, brethren, he had a lovelv voice, well modulated and sweet and > 1 According to Childers, the Indian cuckoo. The Great Man's voice is very clear and pure-toned, neither worn nor broken nor harsh. Cy. Yoga-culture is to-day held to yield, as one result, a pleasant musical voice. > 2 Like flax-blossom. Cy. Perhaps a tradition of Aryan origin. > 3 Completely surrounding the eyes, thick like a black cow's; bright and soft like a new-born red calf's. Cy. > 4 Unhisa-siso. This expression, says the Cy., refers to the fullness either of the forehead or of the cranium. In either case the rounded highly-developed appearance is meant, giving to the unadorned head the decorative dignified effect of a crested turban, and the smooth symmetry of a water-bubble. > 5 In the text this refrain occurs after the naming of each mark. > 6 Literally by hip to hip; women passing him from arm to arm, men from one shoulder to another, explains the Cy. > charming, just as the voice of the karavika-bird in the mountains of Himaiaya is lovely and sweetly modulated and charming 1. > — Mahapadana Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha) - [Previous: 1.35.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.35.2) - [Next: 1.36.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.36.1) - [Up: 1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.35) ## Translations (2) - [Die große Lehrrede über hinterlassene Spuren](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~de-sabbamitta.1.35.3) — German - [Mahapadana Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~en-rhysdavids.1.35) — English ## Linked texts (2) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.1.81) — Classical Chinese - [七佛經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahavadanasutra*zh-dharmadeva.1.75) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.35.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.35.3) · Pramāṇa