The 32 Major Characteristics of a Great Man

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Which of these physical characteristics of the Buddha (mahāpuruṣa lakṣaṇa) is most important?

Poll Results

OptionVotes
Thighs like a royal stag 10
Saliva that improves the taste of all food 6
Ten-foot aura around him 4
Body hair graceful and curly 2
Forty teeth 2
Toes and fingers finely webbed 2
Area below armpits well-filled 2
Eyelashes like a royal bull 2
Well-retracted male organ 2
Lion-shaped body 1
Fleshy protuberance on the crown of the head 1
Hands reaching below the knees 1
Tongue long and broad 1
Eyes deep blue 1
Jaw like a lion 0
Four canine teeth pure white 0
Teeth white, even, and close 0
Voice deep and resonant 0
White ūrṇā curl that emits light between eyebrows 0
Full, round shoulders 0
Body erect and upright 0
Thousand-spoked wheel sign on feet 0
Long, slender fingers 0
Pliant hands and feet 0
Full-sized heels 0
Arched insteps 0
Height and stretch of arms equal 0
Every hair-root dark colored 0
Golden-hued body 0
Soft, smooth skin 0
Soles, palms, shoulders, and crown of head well-rounded 0
Level feet 0


mookieproof, Tuesday, 4 January 2022 18:25 (three years ago)

very long arms, the buddha

mookieproof, Tuesday, 4 January 2022 18:28 (three years ago)

Hands reaching below the knees and Height and stretch of arms equal are surely contradictory

but the one in between will be getting all the press itt I reckon

imago, Tuesday, 4 January 2022 18:28 (three years ago)

Ten-foot aura around him seems pretty useful these days

in the age of NFTs I bought a monkey (rob), Tuesday, 4 January 2022 18:30 (three years ago)

Fleshy protuberance!

mardheamac (gyac), Tuesday, 4 January 2022 18:33 (three years ago)

As someone with 33 teeth (an extra one on the bottom) I'm gonna go with 40 teeth.

but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 4 January 2022 18:47 (three years ago)

Saliva that improves the taste of all food? Sign me up.

JoeStork, Tuesday, 4 January 2022 18:49 (three years ago)

Should probably be another poll of Great Men of ILX on which one they’d be most willing to give up.

JoeStork, Tuesday, 4 January 2022 18:50 (three years ago)

I keep insisting that my saliva improves the taste of food but no one agrees.

Rep. Cobra Commander (R-TX) (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 4 January 2022 18:51 (three years ago)

Voted webbed toes and fingers

A Pile of Ants (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 4 January 2022 19:14 (three years ago)

Eyelashes like a royal bull

they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 4 January 2022 20:13 (three years ago)

^underrated Billy Idol song

they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 4 January 2022 20:14 (three years ago)

He has a topknot as if crowned with a royal flower garland.

is Gareth Bale a great man?

calzino, Tuesday, 4 January 2022 20:28 (three years ago)

He has a topknot as if crowned with a royal flower garland.
The sentimental fool don't see
Trying hard to recreate what had yet to be created

they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 4 January 2022 21:31 (three years ago)

gotta be that ten-foot aura

J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 4 January 2022 22:44 (three years ago)

https://secure.img1-fg.wfcdn.com/im/51551321/resize-h350%5Ecompr-r85/5199/51996699/Stag+with+Suit+and+Cane+Alayah+Figurine.jpg

"Thighs like a royal stag"

that me

calzino, Tuesday, 4 January 2022 23:05 (three years ago)

but the one in between will be getting all the press itt I reckon

― imago, Tuesday, January 4, 2022 10:28 AM (six hours ago)

as opposed to "tongue long and broad"? That sounds like something many people I know would find "great"

sarahell, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 00:48 (three years ago)

feel like the 10-foot aura is more of a glow than a force field. defenses will compensate, perhaps with a box-and-one

mookieproof, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 06:23 (three years ago)

voted aura

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 07:26 (three years ago)

Area below armpits well-filled

I can't even picture what this is supposed to mean, unless it's like swollen lymph nodes or something

soref, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 07:45 (three years ago)

‘full-sized heels’ is clearly a cribbage reference

mookieproof, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 07:50 (three years ago)

forty teeth, imo

Clay, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 07:50 (three years ago)

I agree 40 teeth, all nice and clean

jel--, Thursday, 6 January 2022 00:07 (three years ago)

I agree 40 teeth, all nice and clean

jel--, Thursday, 6 January 2022 00:07 (three years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 00:01 (three years ago)

great song tbh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSvW2rcJD_A

mookieproof, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 00:10 (three years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 00:01 (three years ago)

wow i guess no one else is into lion-shaped bodies, kinda disappointed tbh

cowboy bopeep (cat), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 00:16 (three years ago)

tho i grant that a stag thigh is hard to resist

cowboy bopeep (cat), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 00:19 (three years ago)


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