High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Buddharpa (literally, "Form of the Awakened One") is the Sanskrit and Pali term used in Buddhism for statues or models of the Buddha. Despite cultural and regional differences in the interpretations of texts about the life of Gautama Buddha, there are some general guidelines to the attributes of a Buddharupa: Fingers and toes are elongated proportionately, Long, aquiline nose, Elongated earlobes, Head protuberance, Broad shoulders The elongated earlobes are vestiges of his life as a prince, when he wore extravagant jewellery. The "head protuberance" symbolises the loose connection between the mind and the body of a Buddha or Bodhisattva.