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His waist was round like that of a healthy and unwearied horse or a lion of finest breed.
The secret parts of his body were well built like those of a horse is of finest breed.
Like a horse of Akirna breed his body was free of the need of excretion (passing urine or stool). His gait was spirited yet composed like that of an excellent elephant.
His thighs were perfectly formed like the trunk of an elephant.
His knees were like the lid of a round box, well covered with flesh and not protruding. His calves were round and tapered downward like those of a doe, like the kuruvind grass and a spindle of cotton yarn.
His ankles were beautiful, well shaped and covered.
His well formed and tortoise-like convex feet looked very attractive.
The well graduated digits of his feet were perfectly and closely set.
The nails on his toes were prominent, tender, smooth and copper-red in colour.
The soles of his feet were lovely, soft and tender like a leaf of red lotus.
His body carried all the 1008 auspicious marks and signs of a great man.
His feet had the best of the favourable marks including a mountain, a city, a crocodile, an ocean and a wheel (chakra) as also auspicious marks including the swastika.
He was exceptionally handsome. He had an aura as scintillating as a smokeless flame, extended lightening and the sun at dawn. आत्मिक वैभव
96. (TT) 3 a, 304, 3fazot, fang, fattana, qamre194-2m-TA-HTE, निग्गंथस्स पवयणस्स देसए, सत्थनायगे, पइट्ठावए, समणगपई,
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