Mahapurisalakkhana, Mahāpurisalakkhaṇa, Mahapurisa-lakkhana: 2 definitions
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Mahapurisalakkhana means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)mahāpurisalakkhaṇa—
(Burmese text): (၁) ယောက်ျားမြတ်ဟု သိကြောင်း-အမှတ်အသား-လက္ခဏာ၊ ယောက်ကျားမြတ်လက္ခဏာ။ (မဟာပုရိသလက္ခဏ=ယောက်ကျားမြတ်လက္ခဏာ ၃၂-ပါးကို မဟာဗုဒ္ဓဝင်၊ ဒု၊၆၈-၉၈-၌ လည်းကောင်း၊ ဒွတ္တိ သ မဟာပုရိသလက္ခဏာပုဒ်၌ လည်းကောင်းကြည့်ပါ)။ (၂) ယောက်ကျားမြတ်တို့၏လက္ခဏာကို ပြတတ်သော ကျမ်း၊ မဟာပုရိသလက္ခဏာကျမ်း။
(Auto-Translation): (1) The signs and characteristics of a Great Man - the marks of a Great Man. (Refer to the Mahapurisa Laksana, in the Mahapurisa discourse, verses 68-98, and also in the Dvatti Mahapurisa Laksana sutta). (2) The scripture that reveals the characteristics of the Great Men is the Mahapurisa Laksana scripture.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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Partial matches: Mahapurisa, Lakkhana.
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