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The beauty [ etc. ) of the tongue...to wit... like a banayan-leaf, like a palāsa-leat, like a teek-tree leaf... Thus [etc.]...
The beauty (etc.) of the nose...to wit... like a slice of a mango, like a slice of Āmra taka, like a slice of a Maulunga-fruit... when ripe... Thus [etc.]
The beauty setc.) of the eyes... to wit... like the holes of a lute, like the holes of a. violin, like the morning-stars... Thus [etc.]. • The beauty [etc.] of the ears... to wit... like the skin of Mūla, like the skin of a musk-melon fruit, like the skin of Kārellaya... Thus (etc.).
The beauty [etc.] of the head...to wit like a ripe gourd, like an Elalua, like Sinhalu-a, when ripe [etc.]... Thus the head of friar Dhanna was dry, rough, fleshless; it can be known by bones skin and veins and not by flesh and blood.
So in all cases. Only in case of the stomach the ears, the tongue, the lips-in case of these "the bone' is not to be repeated; 'it is known by the skin and veins' - is to be repeated,