Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Radiant marked body of a Great Being

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A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family, within the sub-family Birth and Early-Life Omens, Marks, and Tests. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


buddhist

  • Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 7117-7218 confidence: high

    Rāhula’s mother sees the Blessed One begging with shaven hair, yellow robes, and a vessel; she beholds his Thirty-two signs, eighty lesser marks, and many-coloured halo, reports him to the king, and praises him as the Lion among Men.

    Rāhula’s mother sees the Thirty-two signs, eighty lesser marks, and a many-coloured halo around the Blessed One.

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