In Buddhism

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Prayer for Rebirth in the Sukhāvatī

Suvartitoru (सुवर्तितोरु) refers to “well rounded thighs” and represents the twenty-fourth of the thirty-two major marks of distinction (lakṣaṇa) mentioned in the Sukhāvatī and following the order, but not always the exact wording, of the Mahāvyutpatti (236-67). In Tibetan, the characteristic called Suvartitoru is known as ‘brla legs par zlum pa’. The Sukhāvatī represents a prayer for rebirth which was composed by Karma chags med, a Karma bka’ brgyud master, who lived in the seventeenth century.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Suvartitoru (सुवर्तितोरु):—[=su-vartitoru] [from su-vartita > su > su-yaj] mfn. having round thighs, [Dharmasaṃgraha 83.]

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Cu, Shu.

Full-text: Lakshana.

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