Suvibhaktangapratyanga, Suvibhaktāṅgapratyaṅga, Suvibhaktanga-pratyanga: 2 definitions

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Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Suvibhaktāṅgapratyaṅga (सुविभक्ताङ्गप्रत्यङ्ग) or Suvibhaktāṅgapratyaṅgatā refers to “well-proportioned minor limbs” and represents the thirty-third of the “eighty secondary characteristics” (anuvyañjana) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 83). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., suvibhaktāṅga-pratyaṅga). The work is attributed to Nagarguna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

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

Suvibhaktāṅgapratyaṅga (सुविभक्ताङ्गप्रत्यङ्ग) refers to “well-proportioned limbs and their parts” and represents the thirty-first of the eighty minor marks of distinction (anuvyañjana) mentioned in the Sukhāvatī and following the order of the Mahāvyutpatti (269-348). In Tibetan, the characteristic called Suvibhaktāṅgapratyaṅga is known as ‘sku yan lag dang ñing lag shin tu rnam par ’byed 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.

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