[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) › [Lakkhanasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30) › 1.2 # Lakkhanasutta 1.2 Lakkhaṇasutta 1.2 - **Language:** Pāli ### [1.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.1) Katamāni ca tāni, bhikkhave, dvattiṃsa mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni, yehi samannāgatassa mahāpurisassa dveva gatiyo bhavanti anaññā? > And what are the thirty-two marks? > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.2) Sace agāraṃ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe… ### [1.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.3) sace kho pana agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajati, arahaṃ hoti sammāsambuddho loke vivaṭṭacchado. ### [1.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.4) Idha, bhikkhave, mahāpuriso suppatiṭṭhitapādo hoti. Yampi, bhikkhave, mahāpuriso suppatiṭṭhitapādo hoti, idampi, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṃ bhavati. > He has well-planted feet. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.5) Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa heṭṭhāpādatalesu cakkāni jātāni honti sahassārāni sanemikāni sanābhikāni sabbākāraparipūrāni. Yampi, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa heṭṭhāpādatalesu cakkāni jātāni honti sahassārāni sanemikāni sanābhikāni sabbākāraparipūrāni, idampi, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṃ bhavati. > On the soles of his feet there are thousand-spoked wheels, with rims and hubs, complete in every detail. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.6) Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, mahāpuriso āyatapaṇhi hoti …pe… > He has stretched heels. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.7) dīghaṅguli hoti … > He has long fingers. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.8) mudutalunahatthapādo hoti … > His hands and feet are soft and tender. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.9) jālahatthapādo hoti … > He has serried hands and feet. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.10) ussaṅkhapādo hoti … > The tops of his feet are arched. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.11) eṇijaṅgho hoti … > His calves are like those of an antelope. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.12) ṭhitakova anonamanto ubhohi pāṇitalehi jaṇṇukāni parimasati parimajjati … > When standing upright and not bending over, the palms of both hands touch the knees. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.13) kosohitavatthaguyho hoti … > His private parts are sheathed in a foreskin. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.14) suvaṇṇavaṇṇo hoti kañcanasannibhattaco … > He is golden colored; his skin shines like lustrous gold. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.15) sukhumacchavi hoti, sukhumattā chaviyā rajojallaṃ kāye na upalimpati … > He has delicate skin, so delicate that dust and dirt don’t stick to his body. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.16) ekekalomo hoti, ekekāni lomāni lomakūpesu jātāni … > His hairs grow one per pore. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.17) uddhaggalomo hoti, uddhaggāni lomāni jātāni nīlāni añjanavaṇṇāni kuṇḍalāvaṭṭāni dakkhiṇāvaṭṭakajātāni … > His hairs stand up; they’re blue-black and curl clockwise. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.18) brahmujugatto hoti … > His body is tall and straight-limbed. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.19) sattussado hoti … > He has bulging muscles in seven places. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.20) sīhapubbaddhakāyo hoti … > His chest is like that of a lion. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.21) citantaraṃso hoti … > He is filled out between the shoulders. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.22) nigrodhaparimaṇḍalo hoti, yāvatakvassa kāyo tāvatakvassa byāmo yāvatakvassa byāmo tāvatakvassa kāyo … > He has the proportional circumference of a banyan tree: the span of his arms equals the height of his body. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.23) samavaṭṭakkhandho hoti … > His torso is cylindrical. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.24) rasaggasaggī hoti … > He has ridged taste buds. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.25) sīhahanu hoti … > His jaw is like that of a lion. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.26) cattālīsadanto hoti … > He has forty teeth. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.27) samadanto hoti … > His teeth are even. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.28) aviraḷadanto hoti … > His teeth have no gaps. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.29) susukkadāṭho hoti … > His teeth are perfectly white. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.30) pahūtajivho hoti … > He has a large tongue. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.31) brahmassaro hoti karavīkabhāṇī … > He has the voice of the Divinity, like a cuckoo’s call. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.32) abhinīlanetto hoti … > His eyes are indigo. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.33) gopakhumo hoti … > He has eyelashes like a cow’s. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.34) uṇṇā bhamukantare jātā hoti, odātā mudutūlasannibhā. Yampi, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa uṇṇā bhamukantare jātā hoti, odātā mudutūlasannibhā, idampi, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṃ bhavati. > Between his eyebrows there grows a tuft, soft and white like cotton-wool. > — The Marks of a Great Man ### [1.2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2.35) Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, mahāpuriso uṇhīsasīso hoti. Yampi, bhikkhave, mahāpuriso uṇhīsasīso hoti, idampi, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṃ bhavati. > The crown of his head is like a turban. > — The Marks of a Great Man ## Translations (3) - [Govor o obeležjima](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30~sr-brankokovacevic.1.2.1) — sr - [The Marks of a Great Man](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30~en-sujato.1.2.1) — English - [Die Kennzeichen eines großen Mannes](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30~de-sabbamitta.1.2.1) — German ## Linked texts (4) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.59.11) — Classical Chinese - [Mahāpadānasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.32.1) — Pāli - [Brahmāyusutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.91.9.3) — Pāli - [Kathāvatthu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.ap.kathavatthu) — Moggaliputta Tissa, Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.2) · Pramāṇa