[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The History of Buddhist Thought](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933) › c19.42 # The History of Buddhist Thought c19.42 The History of Buddhist Thought c19.42 - **Language:** English ### [c19.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c19.42) Another incident connected with his birth is the list of the thirty-two auspicious marks on the body. These are given in several suttas. They are said to indicate that their owner will become either a universal king or a Buddha, and they are evidently a case of the widely spread art of fortune-telling by bodily marks, \*angavijjā\*, which is deprecated in the \*Brahmajāla-sutta\*. - [Previous: c19.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c19.41) - [Next: c19.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c19.43) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Brahmajālasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c19.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c19.42) · Pramāṇa