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Lakkhanasutta 2.25: 30. Sīhahanulakkhaṇaṃ

Lakkhaṇasutta 2.25

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Pāli

30. Sīhahanulakkhaṇaṃ

2.25.1

“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṃ jātiṃ purimaṃ bhavaṃ purimaṃ niketaṃ pubbe manussabhūto samāno

“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being.

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2.25.2

samphappalāpaṃ pahāya samphappalāpā paṭivirato ahosi kālavādī bhūtavādī atthavādī dhammavādī vinayavādī, nidhānavatiṃ vācaṃ bhāsitā ahosi kālena sāpadesaṃ pariyantavatiṃ atthasaṃhitaṃ.

He refrained from talking nonsense. His words were timely, true, and meaningful, in line with the teaching and training. He said things at the right time which were valuable, reasonable, succinct, and beneficial.

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2.25.3

So tassa kammassa kaṭattā …pe…

Due to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm.

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2.25.4

so tato cuto itthattaṃ āgato samāno imaṃ mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṃ paṭilabhati,

When he came back to this place he obtained this mark:

The Marks of a Great Man

2.25.5

sīhahanu hoti.

his jaw is like that of a lion.

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