The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c7.s5.46
The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c7.s5.46
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9. Angamaṇi (acc. to p. 57, 10=angāvijjā-maṇi). Praise of the Maṇisutta with a list of its 270 paḍala (1868 śl.). In a motley order the divinations are connected with the limbs of a man, their qualities being natural (e.g. right, left and middle, smooth and rough, curved and straight), subjective (e.g. handsome and ugly, hideous and pleasing, insignificant), abstract (e.g. masculine, etc., present and future, bambheya, khatteya, vesseyā, suddeya). Finally, limbs are confronted with figures (from 1-10 up to koḍi and aparimita).