ucchaṅkha-, ucchaṅga-, utsaṅga- (3260)
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Entry 3260, Page 118, Col. 1 -
(ucCaNKa, ucCaNKa-, ucCaNga-, utsaNga-)
ucchaṅkha-, ucchaṅga-, utsaṅga-¦, cpd. with -pāda (or -caraṇa), (= Pali ussaṅkha-pāda,) ep. of a mahā- [Page118-b+ 71] puruṣa (esp. Buddha), no. 7 of the 32 lakṣaṇa; orig. form, etym., and mg. obscure; acc. to Pali DN comm. ii.446.28 ff. it means that the soles of the feet can be seen as they walk, because ‘the ankles are fixed high’; if from utsaṅga, having feet characterized by a ‘lap’ (an up-curve under the foot, making the sole visible?). Tib. on Mvy 260 says having the ankle-bone (or, joint of the ankle-bone) not visible (so one Chin. version, and Jap.); but Tib. on Bbh 375.14, cited by Wogihara, having feet not uneven; another Chin. gloss (also cited in Mvy 260, and elsewhere, Burnouf infra) refers the epithet to the knees; Gv 399.24 glosses suvyak- taparamopaśobhitopari-pādacchavikusumagarbhātireka- prabhāsvarā (not very clear or specific). These northern interpretations make the impression of floundering in a morass of ignorance. See Burnouf, Lotus, 573. Forms: utsaṅga-pāda Mvy 260 (but Mironov ucchaṅkha-); LV 106.1; Dharmas 83 (v.l. utsaṅkha-); utsaṅga-caraṇa Bbh 375.14; 378.19; 379.9; 381.10; ucchaṅga-pāda LV 429.13-- 14; ucchaṅkha-pāda, Mironov Mvy (see above); Mv i.226.16; ii.29.19; 304.19 (the mss. clearly intend this all three times! correct Senart's text); Gv 399.24 (note also v.l. utsaṅkha- in Dharmas 83, above). This form ucchaṅkha is closest to the Pali; the very obscurity of its etymology may argue for its originality.
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