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Third Class
The ascetic form and beauty of the blessed Anagara's head (skull) had become like this - as if it were a dried gourd, a dried yam, a dried watermelon - when these tender fruits are cut and dried in the sun, they shrivel and wither away, similarly, the blessed Anagara's head also dried up and withered away due to the absence of flesh and blood. Only the bones, skin, and veins remained.
This is the general description of all the limbs of the blessed Anagara's purified body. The specialty is that the description of bones should not be given for the abdomen, ears, tongue, and lips. Their identification was only through the skin and veins.
In this sutra, the description of the nose, ears, eyes, and head is made through the simile ornament, similar to the aforementioned limbs of the blessed Anagara. The meaning is clear from the original text itself.
In this sutra, the limbs of the blessed Anagara are compared to various types of tubers, roots, and fruits. Among them, Amrataka, Mulaka Balunki, and Karellaka are the names of specific tubers and fruits. Aluka is a type of tuber, which is famous in the present age by the name 'potato'.
In this way, the author has described all the limbs of the blessed Anagara from foot to head. The only specialty mentioned here is that the word 'bone' should not be associated with the abdomen, tongue, ears, and lips, as there are no bones in them. All other limbs should be used with adjectives like 'dry', 'emaciated', 'devoid of flesh', etc.
The inner radiance of the blessed ascetic
The blessed Anagara, with his dry, emaciated, and rough legs and thighs, his waist like a cracked pot, his back sunken, his abdomen visible through the protruding ribs, his spine-joints countable like a rosary of rudrakshas, his chest area prominent like the waves of the Ganga, his arms like withered creepers, his hands hanging loosely, his head shaking like a leaf in the wind, his lotus-like face sunken, his eyes deep-set, goes, stands, speaks, and swallows with great difficulty, as if he is a living corpse. As the fire in the funeral pyre, so he stands, completely covered by the radiance of his intense asceticism, shining and resplendent.