Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.843

v2.c31.843

It is said⁸ that two monks once asked Malaya-Mahādeva for a subject of meditation, and that he gave them the formula of the thirty-two parts of the body. Though versed in the three Nikāyas, the monks could not become sotāpannas until they had recited the formula for a period of four months.