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118). (12) These were the "marks and beauties" on the person of a supreme Buddha.
The rishi Kala Devala saw them on the body of the infant Sakya prince to the number of 328, those on the teeth, which had not yet come out, being visible to his spirit-like eyes (M.B., pp.
148, 149). (13) Probably="all Buddhas." (14) The number may appear too great.
But see what is said on the size of topes in chapter iii, note 4. (15) In Singhalese, Pase Buddhas; called also Nidana Buddhas, and Pratyeka Jinas, and explained by "individually intelligent," "completely intelligent," "intelligent as regards the nidanas." This, says Eitel (pp.
96, 97), is "a degree of saintship unknown to primitive Buddhism, denoting automats in ascetic life who attain to Buddhaship 'individually,' that is, without a teacher, and without being able to save others.
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