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{{Short description|Physiolgical difference in eastern culture}} | |||
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'''Ajanbahu''' is a [[Sanskrit]] word to describe a person | '''Ajanbahu''' is a [[Sanskrit]] word to describe a person whose length of arms is such that his fingers touch his knee.<ref name=a>{{cite book|title=Udayana: New Horizons in History, Classics and Inter-Cultural Studies By Abhay Kumar Singh, Udai Prakash Arora|year=2007|pages=405|url=https://books.google.com/?id=d4VeYJdww2YC&pg=PA405&dq=Ajan-Bahu#v=onepage&q=Ajanbahu&f=false|isbn=9788179751688|last1=Arora|first1=Udai Prakash}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?ei=9R6aT_z6FsOsrAe15rDLDg&id=7uErAQAAIAAJ&dq=Ajan-Bahu&q=Ajanbahu#search_anchor Ajanbahu Jatbasha, was eighth in descent from the founder of the dynasty, and was so called because of the length of his arms, his fingers reaching to his knees] Chhindwara, Central Provinces (1907) pp 28</ref> | ||
In Indian culture, persons with such physical characteristics are either | In Indian culture, persons with such physical characteristics are either gods, saints, kings or great warriors. The idols of [[Hindu]] gods like [[Rama]], [[Lakshmana]], [[Krishna]] when shown in standing position are depicted as ajanbahu feature. Even idols of [[Jain]] [[Tirthankars]] are shown as ajanbahu.<ref name=a/> The great saints like, [[Sai Baba of Shirdi]], [[Ramakrishna|Ramkrishna Paramhansa]], [[Swami Samartha]] and [[Gajanan Maharaj]] were said to have ajanbahu characteristic. | ||
In Buddhism, it is sometimes called ''paṭūrubāhatā''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Padmakara Translation Group |title=The Transcendent Perfection of Wisdom in Ten Thousand Lines |url=https://read.84000.co/translation/toh11.html |website=84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha |accessdate=2019-12-25 |date=2018}}</ref> or ''sthitānavanatājānupralambabāhuḥ''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön |last2=Migme |first2=Ani (translator) |title=Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra |date=2001 |chapter-url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/buddhism/book/maha-prajnaparamita-sastra |chapter=Chapter VIII - The Bodhisattvas}}</ref> It is among the [[Physical characteristics of the Buddha|thirty-two marks of a great man]] and as such, is characteristic of all [[Buddhas]]. | In Buddhism, it is sometimes called ''paṭūrubāhatā''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Padmakara Translation Group |title=The Transcendent Perfection of Wisdom in Ten Thousand Lines |url=https://read.84000.co/translation/toh11.html |website=84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha |accessdate=2019-12-25 |date=2018}}</ref> or ''sthitānavanatājānupralambabāhuḥ''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön |last2=Migme |first2=Ani (translator) |title=Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra |date=2001 |chapter-url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/buddhism/book/maha-prajnaparamita-sastra |chapter=Chapter VIII - The Bodhisattvas}}</ref> It is among the [[Physical characteristics of the Buddha|thirty-two marks of a great man]] and as such, is characteristic of all [[Buddhas]]. | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Samudrika Shastra]] | *[[Samudrika Shastra]] | ||
*[[Ape_index]] | |||
[[Category:Physiognomy]] | [[Category:Physiognomy]] | ||
[[Category:Buddhist iconography]] | [[Category:Buddhist iconography]] | ||
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{{Hinduism-stub}} | {{Hinduism-stub}} | ||