Tulasadrishasukumarapani, Tūlasadṛśasukumārapāṇi, Tulasa-drisha-sukumara-pani: 2 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Tūlasadṛśasukumārapāṇi can be transliterated into English as Tulasadrsasukumarapani or Tulasadrishasukumarapani, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

General definition (in Buddhism)

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Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Tūlasadṛśasukumārapāṇi (तूलसदृशसुकुमारपाणि) or Tūlasadṛśasukumārapāṇitā refers to “hands that are soft as cotton” and represents the forty-fourth 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., tūlasa-dṛśa-sukumāra-pāṇi). The work is attributed to Nagarguna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

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

Tūlasadriśasukumārapāṇi (तूलसद्रिशसुकुमारपाणि) refers to “delicate hands like cotton” and represents the forty-second 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 Tūlasadriśasukumārapāṇi is known as ‘phyag shing bal ltar shin tu ’jam 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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