Lord Mahavira Vol 01

Author(s): S C Rampuria
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati Institute

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Lord Mahâvîra
and incomparable. His body took no dirt, deep or light, spot, sweat or dust. Hence it was shining all the while.
His head was solid, well-set with sinews and nerves, marked with good signs, bearing the shape of the crest of a mountain or a round stone. Soft like cotton freshly rushing out of a ripe simula fruit, thick hairs, well arranged, thick, clean, shining, with good signs, scented and graceful, looked like a gem called bhuja-mocaka, or an insect called bhrnga, or nila-vikâra, or collyrium, or a happy drone, pitchy, wavy and curly. The skin on the scalp where stood the hairs was red like a pomegranate flower, pure like red (burnt) gold and looked glazy as if just rubbed with oil.
The upper part of his body was solid, developed and umbrella-like. His forehead was like the crescent, free from any deep mark, flat, pleasant and pure. He had a pair of well set ears looking beautiful, his cheeks fleshy and swollen, his brows looking graceful like a bow which was bent, thin like a line of black clouds, dark and shining. His eyes were spotlessly white, like (the petal of) a blossomed lotus fixed to its stalk. His nose was pointed like the beak of garuda, straight and pointed. His lips were red as the coral, or a bimla fruit. The rows of his teeth were spotless like the moon-beam, or the purest of conches, or cow's milk, or foam, kunda flower, or drops of water, or the lotus stalk. They were free from any cavity whatsoever, strong, closely set shining and beatiful in shape. Although the rows contained many teeth, the setting was however so perfect that the whole thing looked like a single piece. The palate and the lower portion of the tongue were always free from dirt as if just washed, red like a flame or pure gold. His beard and moustache never grew longer (but always remained the same). His chin was fleshy, with beautiful shape, broad and wide like the chin of a tiger.
His neck was like the best of conches, with a standard width of four fingers, like the neck of a fine buffalo, pig, lion, tiger, elephant or bull, marked by the specialities of each, and in itself vast. His hands were like the poles of a cart, straight, thick, pleasant, free from weakness, with powerful wrists, with a nice shape, developed, vigorous, fixed, with the bone-joints tightly tied. The full arm looked as if a snake had extended its body in order to establish its hold on the target. His palms were red, thick, soft, developed, beautiful, bearing auspicious marks, with no gap