Note 4 — THE DIAMOND SUTRA
William Gemmell translation
“Characteristic physiological marks by which every Buddha may be recognised.”—Handbook of Chinese Buddhism. Eitel.
“Can Tathagata be known by the thirty-two signs (of a hero)?”—The Vagrakkhedika. Max Müller.
“The King saluted, and Queen Maya made
To lay her babe before such holy feet;
But when he saw the prince the old man cried
‘Ah, Queen not so!’ and thereupon he touched
Eight times the dust, laid his waste visage there,
Saying, ‘O Babe! I worship! Thou art He!
I see the rosy light, the foot-sole marks,
The soft curled tendrils of the Swastika,
The sacred primal signs thirty-and-two,
The eighty lesser tokens. Thou art Buddh,
And thou wilt preach the Law and save all flesh
Who learn the Law.’”
—The Light of Asia. Sir Edwin Arnold.
“Bright were the divine lineaments of his face, and as the Master (of the Law) gazed in awe and holy reverence, he knew not how to compare the spectacle; the body of Buddha and his Kashaya robe were of a yellowish red colour, and from his knees upward the distinguishing marks of his person were exceedingly glorious.”—The Life of Hiuen-Tsang. Beal.