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A single hair per pore / belongs to kings and Vedic scholars; two hairs each bring fortune to the wise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.8) tryādyairniḥ svā mānavāḥ syurduḥ svabhājaśca ninditāḥ / keśāśca vai kuñcitāśca pravāse mriyate naraḥ // > By three hairs or more, men become indigent, unfortunate, and despised. / And when the hair is curled, a man dies in a foreign land. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.9) nirmāṃsajānuḥ saubhāgyamalpairnimnai ratiḥ striyāḥ / vikaṭaiśca daridrāḥ syuḥ samāṃsai rājyameva ca // > Fleshless knees bring good fortune; small, depressed ones bring pleasure with a woman; / awkward ones bring poverty; and well-fleshed ones bring kingship. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.10) mahadbhirāyurākhyātaṃ hyalpaliṅgo dhanī naraḥ / apatyarahitaścaiva sthūlaliṅgo ghanojjhitaḥ // > By large \[knees\] long life is declared; a man with a small penis is rich; / one without offspring has a thick penis; and one destitute of wealth \[has an uneven one\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.11) meḍhe vāmanate caiva sutārtharahito bhavet / vakre 'nyathā putravāntsyāddāridrayaṃ vinatetvadhaḥ // > If the penis is bent to the left, he will be bereft of sons and wealth; / if bent otherwise, he will have sons; poverty comes when it is bent downwards. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.12) alpe tvatanayo liṅgeśirāle 'tha sukhī naraḥ / sthūlagranthiyute liṅge bhavetputrādisaṃyutaḥ // > When the penis is small, a man is sonless; when veined, he is happy; / when the penis has a thick knot, he will be endowed with sons and other blessings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.13) kośagūḍhe dīrghairbhugnaiśca dhanavarjitaḥ / balavānyuddhaśīlaśca laghuśektaḥ sa eva ca // > When it is hidden in the sheath, or long and crooked, he is bereft of wealth. / A man with a light, swift organ is strong and of a warlike nature. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.14) durbalastvekavṛṣaṇo viṣamābhyāñcalaḥ striyām / samābhyāṃ kṣitipaḥ proktaḥ pralambena śatābdavān // > A man with a single testicle is weak; with uneven ones, he is fickle with women; / with equal ones, he is said to be an earth-ruler; with a hanging one, he lives a hundred years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.15) udvṛṃ (ddha) tābhyāṃ ca bahvāyū rūkṣairmaṇibhirīśvaraḥ / pāṇḍarairmaṇibhirniḥ svā malinaiḥ sukhabhāginaḥ // > With enlarged ones, he has a long lifespan; with rough glans, he is a lord; / with pale glans, men are destitute; with dark ones, they partake of happiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.16) saśabdaniḥ śabdamūtrāḥ syudaṃridrāśca mānavāḥ / ekadvitricatuḥ pañcaṣaḍbhirdhārābhireva ca // > Men whose urine is noisy or silent become poor; / and by streams numbering one, two, three, four, five, or six, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.17) dakṣiṇāvartacalitamūtrā bhiśca nṛpāḥ smṛtāḥ / vikīrṇamūtrā niḥ svāśca pradhānasukhadāyikāḥ // > or by urine swirling in a clockwise direction, they are recognized as kings. / Those who scatter their urine are destitute, yet bringers of supreme happiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.18) ekadhārāśca vanitāḥ snigdhairmaṇibhirunnataiḥ / samaiḥ strīratnadhanino madhye nimnaiśca kanyakāḥ // > Those with a single stream belong to women; with glossy, elevated, / and even glans, men possess jewels of women and wealth; with depressed middles, daughters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.19) śuṣkairniśvā viśuṣkaiśca durbhagāḥ parikīrtitāḥ / puṣpagandhe nṛpāḥ śukre madhugandhe dhanaṃ bahuḥ // > Those with dry ones are destitute, and with dried-up ones, unfortunate. / When semen smells of flowers, men are kings; when it smells of honey, there is abundant wealth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.20) putrāḥ śukre matsyagandhe tanuśukre ca kanyakāḥ / mahābhogī māṃsagandhe yajvā syānmadagandhini // > when semen smells of fish, there are sons; and when semen is thin, daughters; / when it smells of meat, he is a great enjoyer; when smelling of rut, he is a sacrificer; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.21) daridraḥ kṣāragandhe ca dīrghāyuḥ śīghramaithunī / aśīghramaithunyalpāyuḥ sthūlasphik syāddhanojjhitaḥ // > and when smelling of potash, he is poor. One who ejaculates quickly has a long life; / one who does not ejaculate quickly has a short life; one with thick buttocks is destitute of wealth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.22) māṃsalasphik sukhī syācca siṃhasphik bhūpatiḥ smṛtaḥ / bhavetsiṃhakaṭī rājā niḥ svaḥ kapikaṭirnaraḥ // > One with fleshy buttocks will be happy; one with lion-like buttocks is considered an earth-ruler. / A man with a lion-like waist is a king; a man with a monkey-like waist is indigent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.23) sarpodarā daridrāḥ syuḥ piṭharaiśca ghaṭaiḥ samaiḥ / dhanino vipulaiḥ pārśvairniḥ svā raktaiśca nimnagaiḥ // > Men with serpent-like bellies are poor, as are those with bellies like cooking-pots or jars; / those with broad flanks are wealthy; those with red and low flanks are destitute. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.24) samakakṣāśca bhogāḍhyā nimnakakṣā dhanojjhitāḥ / nṛpāśconnatakakṣāḥ syurjihnā viṣamakakṣakāḥ // > Those with symmetrical armpits abound in enjoyments; those with sunken armpits are destitute of wealth; / kings have elevated armpits; crooked men have asymmetrical armpits. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.25) matsyodarā bahudhanā nābhibhiḥ sukhinaḥ smṛtāḥ / vistīrṇābhirbahulābhirnimnābhiḥ kleśabhāginaḥ // > Those with fish-like bellies have abundant wealth; by their navels men are judged happy; / with broad, extensive, and sunken ones, they are partakers of distress. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.26) balimadhyagatā nābhiḥ śūlabādhāṃ karoti hi / vāmāvartaśca sādhyaṃ vai medhāṃ dakṣiṇatastathā // > A navel set within folds of the skin indeed produces the torment of colic; / swirling to the left it brings difficulty, and turning to the right, intelligence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.27) pārśvāyatā cirāyurdā tūpaviṣṭā dhaneśvaram / adho gavāḍhyaṃ kuryācca nṛpatvaṃ padmakarṇikā // > Long on the sides, it grants a long life; situated high, a master of wealth; / downward-facing, it makes one rich in cattle; shaped like a lotus pericarp, kingship. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.28) ekabaliḥ śatāyuḥ syācchrībhogī dvivaliḥ smṛtaḥ / trivaliḥ kṣmāpa ācārya ṛjubhirvālibhiḥ sukhī // > One with a single fold lives a hundred years; one with two folds is considered an enjoyer of prosperity; / one with three folds is an earth-ruler or teacher; with straight folds, one is happy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.29) agamyāgāmī jihmabalirbhūpāḥ pārśvaiśca māṃsalaiḥ / mṛdubhiḥ susamaiścaiva dakṣiṇāvartaromabhiḥ // > One with crooked folds approaches forbidden women. Kings have fleshy, / soft, and very symmetrical flanks, with hairs turning clockwise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.30) viparītaiḥ parapreṣyā nirdravyāḥ sukhavarjitāḥ / anuddhataiścūcukaiśca bhavanti subhagā narāḥ // > With the opposite, they are servants of others, penniless, and bereft of happiness. / With unraised nipples, men become fortunate; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.31) nirdhanā viṣamairderghaiḥ pītopacitakairnṛpāḥ / samonnataṃ ca hṛdayamakampaṃ māṃsalaṃ pṛthu // > with uneven and long ones, they are destitute; with plump and well-formed ones, they are kings. / An even and elevated chest that is steady, fleshy, and broad > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.32) nṛpāṇāmadhamānāṃ ca khararomaśirālakam / arthavānsamavakṣāḥ syātpīnairvakṣobhirūrjitaḥ // > belongs to kings; and that which has rough hair and veins belongs to base men. / One with a symmetrical chest will be wealthy; with a plump chest, powerful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.33) vakṣobhirviṣamairniḥ svaḥ śastreṇanidhanāstathā / viṣamairjatrubhirniḥ svā asthinaddhaiśca mānavāḥ // > With an uneven chest, one is destitute, and dies by the sword. / Men with uneven collarbones and those with visible bones are destitute. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.34) unnatairbhogino nimnairniḥ svāḥ pīnairdhanānvitāḥ / niḥ svaścipiṭakaṇṭhaḥ syācchirāśuṣkagalaḥ sukhī // > With high ones they are enjoyers; with low ones, destitute; with plump ones, endowed with wealth. / One with a flat throat is destitute; one with a veined, thin neck is happy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.35) śūraḥ syānmahiṣagrīvaḥ śāstrātto mṛgakaṇṭhakaḥ / kambugrīvaśca nṛpatirlambakaṇṭho 'tibhakṣakaḥ // > A man with a buffalo-like neck is a hero; one with a deer-like throat is versed in the scriptures; / one with a conch-like neck is a king; one with an elongated throat is a glutton. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.36) aromaśā bhugnapṛṣṭhaṃ śubhaṃ cāśubhamanyathā / kakṣāśvatthadalā śreṣṭhā sugandhirmṛgaromikā // > A hairless and bowed back is auspicious, and otherwise inauspicious. / An armpit shaped like an aśvattha leaf, fragrant, and with deer-like hair is best; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.37) anyathā tvarthahīnānāṃ dāridrayasya ca kāraṇam / saṃmāsau caiva bhugnālpau śliṣṭau ca vipulau śubhau // > otherwise, it is a cause of poverty and loss of wealth. / Shoulders that are bent and small, or closely knit and broad, are auspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.38) ājānulambitau bāhū vṛttau pīnau nṛpeśvare / niḥ svānāṃ romaśau hrasvau śreṣṭhau karikara prabhau // > Arms hanging down to the knees, rounded, and plump belong to an overlord of kings. / Hairy and short arms belong to the destitute; those resembling an elephant's trunk are supreme. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.39) hastāṅgulaya eva syuvāyudvārayutāḥ śubhāḥ / medhāvināṃ ca sūkṣmāḥ syurbhṛtyānāṃ cipiṭāḥ smṛtāḥ // > Auspicious fingers on the hands are those possessing wind-openings; / they are slender for the intelligent, and considered flat for servants. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.40) sthūlāṅgulībhirniḥ svāḥ syurnatāḥ syuḥ sukṛśaistadā / kapitulyakarāḥ niḥ svā vyāghratulyakarairbalam // > With thick fingers men are destitute; with very emaciated ones they are humbled. / Those with hands like monkeys are poor; with hands like tigers, strength \[is indicated\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.41) pitṛvittavināśaśca nimnātkaratalānnarāḥ / maṇibandhairnigūḍhaiśca suśliṣṭaiḥ śubhagandhibhiḥ // > Loss of ancestral wealth comes to men from a hollow palm. / With concealed, closely knit, and fragrant-smelling wrists, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.42) nṛpā hīnāḥ karacchaidaiḥ saśabdairdhanavarjitāḥ / saṃvṛtaiścaiva nimnaiśca dhaninaḥ parikīrtitāḥ // > they become kings; those with cuts across their hands, or noisy ones, are destitute of wealth; / with closed and depressed \[palms\], men are declared wealthy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.43) prottānaka radātāro viṣamairviṣamā narāḥ / karaiḥ karatalaiścaiva lākṣābhairīśvarāstalaiḥ // > Those with upturned hands are generous givers; with uneven hands, men are dishonest; / with hands and palms having the hue of red lac, men are masters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.44) paradāraratāḥ pītairūkṣairniḥ svā narā matāḥ / tuṣatulyanakhāḥ klībāḥ kuṭilaiḥ sphuṭitairnarāḥ // > Those with yellow palms are devoted to others' wives; with rough ones, men are deemed destitute. / Men with nails resembling chaff are eunuchs; with crooked and cracked ones, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.45) niḥ svāśca kunakhaistadvadvivarṇaiḥ paratarkakāḥ / tāmrairbhūpā dhanāḍhyāśca aṅguṣṭhaiḥ sayavaistathā // > and likewise with bad nails, they are destitute; with discolored nails, they are suspicious of others. / With copper-colored nails, and thumbs marked with barley-corns, they are kings and wealthy; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.46) aṅguṣṭhamūlajaiḥ putrī syāddīrghāṅguliparvakaḥ / dīrghāyuḥ subhagaścaiva nirdhano viralāṅguliḥ // > with lines originating at the base of the thumb, a man has sons; one with long joints on his fingers / is long-lived and fortunate; one with wide-spaced fingers is poor; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.47) ghanāṅguliśca sadhanastisro rekhāścayasya vai / nṛpateḥ karatalagā maṇibandhātsamutthitāḥ // > and one with closely set fingers possesses wealth. For the king in whose palm / three lines arise from the wrist, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.48) yugamīnāṅkitanaro bhavetsatraprado naraḥ / vajrākārāśca dhanināṃ matsyapucchanibhā budhe // > the man marked with a pair of fish will be a distributor of food. / Lines shaped like a thunderbolt belong to the wealthy; resembling a fish tail, to the wise; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.49) śaṅkhātapatraśivikāgajapadmopamā nṛpe / kumbhāṅkuśapatākābhā mṛṇālābhā nidhīśvare // > resembling a conch, an umbrella, a palanquin, an elephant, or a lotus, to a king; / resembling a water-jar, a goad, a banner, or a lotus stalk, to a lord of treasure; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.50) dāmābhāśca gavāḍhyānāṃ svastikābhā nṛpeśvare / cakrāsitomaradhanuḥ kuntābhā nṛpateḥ kare // > resembling a rope, to those rich in cattle; resembling a svastika, to an overlord of kings; / and resembling a discus, sword, javelin, bow, or spear, on the hand of a king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.51) alūkhalābhā yajñāḍhyā vedībhā cāgnihotriṇi / vāpīdevakulyābhāstrikoṇābhāścadhārmike // > \[Lines\] resembling a mortar indicate one rich in sacrifices; resembling an altar, one who maintains the sacred fire; > resembling a reservoir, a temple water-course, or triangular, a righteous man. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.52) aṅguṣṭhamūlagā rekhāḥ putrāḥ sūkṣmāśca dārikāḥ / pradeśinīgatā rekhā kaniṣṭhāmūlagāminī // > The lines running at the base of the thumb are sons; the fine ones are daughters. > A line extending from the forefinger and going to the base of the little finger > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.53) śatāyuṣaṃ ca kurute chinnayā taruto bhayam / niḥ svāśca bahurekhāḥ syunirdravyāścibukaiḥ kṛśaiḥ // > makes one live a hundred years; if it is broken, there is danger from a tree. > Those with many lines are destitute, and those with thin chins are devoid of wealth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.54) māṃsalaiśca dhanopetā āraktairadharairnṛpāḥ / bimbopamaiśca sphuṭitairoṣṭhairūkṣaiścakaṇḍitaiḥ // > With fleshy, slightly red lower lips, men become kings, > and with \[lips\] resembling a bimba fruit; with cracked, rough, and dry lips, \[they become miserable\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.55) viṣamairdhanahīnāśca dantāḥ snigdhā ghanāḥ śubhāḥ / tīkṣṇā dantāḥ samāḥ śreṣṭhā jihvā raktā samā śubhā // > With irregular \[teeth\], they are destitute of wealth; glossy and dense teeth are auspicious. > Sharp, even teeth are the best; a red, even tongue is auspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.56) ślakṣṇā dīrghā ca vijñeyā tālū śvete dhanakṣaye / kṛṣṇe ca paruṣo vakraṃ samaṃ saumyaṃ ca saṃvṛtam // > It should be known as smooth and long. When the palate is white, there is loss of wealth; > and when it is black, a man is harsh. A face that is even, pleasant, and symmetrical > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.57) bhūpānāmamalaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ viparītaṃ ca duḥ khinām / mahā duḥ khaṃ durbhagāṇāṃ strīmukhaṃ putramāpnuyāt // > is spotless and smooth for kings, and the opposite for the afflicted; > great sorrow belongs to the unfortunate. One whose face is like a woman's obtains a son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.58) āḍhyānāṃ vartulaṃ vakraṃ nirdravyāṇāṃ ca dīrghakam / bhīruvakraḥ pāpakarmā dhūrtānāṃ caturaśrakam // > A round face belongs to the wealthy, and an elongated one to the destitute. > One with a timid face commits sins; a square face belongs to the deceitful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.59) nimnaṃ vakramaputrāṇāṃ kṛpaṇānāṃ ca hrasvakam / sampūrṇaṃ bhogināṃ kāntaṃ śmaśru snigdhaṃ śubhaṃ mṛdu // > A sunken face belongs to the childless, and a short one to the miserly. > Full and charming belongs to the pleasure-lovers; glossy, soft beard is auspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.60) saṃhataṃ cāsphuṭitāgraṃ raktaśmaśruśca caurakaḥ / raktālpaparuṣaśmaśrukarṇāḥ syuḥ pāpamṛtyavaḥ // > Compact and with un-split tips; one with a red beard is a thief. > Those with reddish, sparse, and rough beards and ears meet an evil death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.61) nirmāṃsaiścipiṭairbhogāḥ kṛpaṇā hrasvakarṇakāḥ / śaṅkukarṇāśca rājāno romakarṇā gatāyuṣaḥ // > With fleshless, flat ears, there are worldly pleasures; misers have short ears; > kings have nail-shaped ears, and those with hairy ears have exhausted their lifespan. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.62) bṛhatkarṇāśca dhaninorājānaḥ parikīrtitāḥ / karṇaiḥ snigdhāvanaddhaiśca vyālambairmāṃsalairnṛpāḥ // > Those with large ears are declared to be wealthy and kings; > men are kings through ears that are glossy, well-knit, pendulous, and fleshy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.63) bhogī vai nimnagaṇḍaḥ syānmatrī sampūrṇagaṇḍakaḥ / śukanāsaḥ sukhī syācca śuṣkanāso 'tijīvanaḥ // > A pleasure-enjoyer has sunken cheeks; a minister has full cheeks. > One with a parrot-like nose is happy, and one with a dry nose lives long. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.64) chinnāgrakūpanāsaḥ syādagamyāgamane rataḥ / dīrghanāse ca saubhāgyaṃ cauraścākuñcitendriyaḥ // > One with a nose like a well with a broken tip is devoted to approaching forbidden women. > With a long nose, there is good fortune; one with contracted sense-organs is a thief. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.65) mṛtyuścipiṭanāse syāddhīno bhāgyavatāṃ bhavet / svalpacchidrau supuṭau ca avakrau ca nṛpeśvare // > Death occurs for one with a flat nose; a low nose belongs to the fortunate. > With small orifices, well-formed nostrils, and straightness, one is a sovereign of kings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.66) krūre dakṣiṇavakrā syādvalināṃ ca kṣutaṃ sakṛt / syādviniṣpiṇḍitaṃ hrādi sānunādaṃ ca jīvakṛt // > In a cruel man, it is crooked to the right. A single sneeze of strong men, > if solid, deep, and resonant, prolongs life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.67) vakrāntaiḥ padmapatrābhairlocanaiḥ sukhabhāginaḥ / mārjāralocanaiḥ pāpmā durātmā madhupiṅgalaiḥ // > With eyes curved at the corners and resembling lotus petals, men share in happiness. > With cat-like eyes, one is wicked; with honey-brown eyes, an evil soul. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.68) krūrāḥ kekaranetrāśca haritākṣāḥ sakalmaṣāḥ / jihyaiśca locanaiḥ śūrāḥ senānyo gajalocanāḥ // > Cruel are those with squinting eyes; those with greenish eyes are full of stain. > With crooked eyes are heroes; commanders of armies have elephant-like eyes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.69) gambhīrākṣā īśvarāḥ syurmantriṇaḥ sthūlacakṣuṣaḥ / nīlotpa lākṣā vidvāṃsaḥ saubhāgyaṃ śyāmacakṣuṣām // > Those with deep-set eyes are rulers; ministers have large eyes; > those with eyes like blue lotuses are learned; those with dark eyes have good fortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.70) syātkṛṣṇatārakākṣāṇāmakṣṇāmutpāṭanaṃ kila / maṇḍalākṣāśca pāpāḥ syurniḥ svāḥ syurdenalocanāḥ // > Of those with black-pupiled eyes, the gouging out of the eyes is said to happen. > Those with circular eyes are wicked; those with wretched eyes are destitute. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.71) dṛk snigdhā vipulā bhoge alpāyuradhikonnatā / viśālonnatā sukhinī daridrā viṣamabhruvaḥ // > A glossy and large gaze leads to enjoyment; one excessively raised brings short life. > A wide, high \[brow\] is happy; those with irregular eyebrows are poor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.72) ghanadīrghāsusaktabhrūrbālendūnnatasubhruvaḥ / āḍhyo niḥ svaśca khaṇḍabhrṛrmadhye ca vinatabhruvaḥ // > Thick, long, and well-joined eyebrows, and good eyebrows raised like the crescent moon, \[bring fortune\]. > A wealthy man has \[such brows\], while a destitute man has broken brows, and brows bent in the middle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.73) strīṣu gamyāsu saktāḥ syuḥ sutārthe parivarjitāḥ / annatairvipulaiḥ śaṅkhairlalāṭairviṣamaistathā // > They are attached to approachable women, yet are deprived of a son. > With elevated and wide temples and uneven foreheads, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.74) nirdhanā dhanavantaśca ardhendusadṛśairnarāḥ / ācāryāḥ śuktiviśālaiḥ śirālaiḥ pāpakāriṇaḥ // > men are destitute, while with foreheads resembling the half-moon, they are wealthy. > Teachers have \[foreheads\] broad like a pearl-oyster; with veiny foreheads, they are evil-doers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.75) annatābhaiḥ śirābhiśca svastikābhirdhaneśvarāḥ / nimnairlalāṭairbandhārhāḥ krūrakarmaratāstathā // > With elevated veins resembling a svastika, they become lords of wealth. > With sunken foreheads, they deserve imprisonment and are devoted to cruel deeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.76) saṃvṛtaiśca lalāṭaiśca kṛpaṇā unnatairnṛpāḥ / anaśru snigdharuditamadīnaṃ śubhadaṃ nṛṇām // > With contracted foreheads, they are misers; with elevated foreheads, kings. > Tearless, smooth weeping that is not dejected brings good fortune to men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.77) pracurāśrudīnaṃ rūkṣaṃ ca ruditaṃ ca sukhāvaham / akampaṃ hasitaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ mīlitākṣamaghāvaham // > Weeping that has abundant tears, is wretched, and dry brings happiness. > Laughter without trembling is best; with closed eyes, it brings misfortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.78) asakṛddhasitaṃ duṣṭaṃ sonmādasya hyanekadhā / lalāṭopasṛtāstisro rekhāḥ syuḥ śatavarṣiṇām // > Repeated laughter is evil; of a madman, it is manifold. > Three lines running across the forehead belong to centenarians. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.79) nṛpatvaṃ syāccatasṛbhirāyuḥ pañcanavatyatha / arekheṇāyurnavatirvicchinnābhiśca puṃślalāḥ // > Kingship occurs with four, and a lifespan of ninety-five years. > With no line, the lifespan is ninety; with broken ones, they are adulterers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.80) keśāntopagatābhiśca aśītyāyurnaro bhavet / pañcabhiḥ saptabhiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ pañcāśadvahubhistathā // > With lines reaching the edge of the hair, a man lives eighty years. > With five, seven, or six, or with many lines, fifty \[years\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.81) catvāriṃśacca vakrābhistriṃśadbhrūlagnagāmibhiḥ / viṃśatirvāmavakrā bhirāyuḥ kṣudrābhiralpakam // > Forty \[years\] with crooked lines; thirty with lines touching the eyebrows; > twenty with lines crooked to the left; with small lines, lifespan is short. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.82) chatrākāraiḥ śirobhistu nṛpā nimnaśirā dhanī / cipiṭaiśca piturmṛtyurgavādyāḥ parimaṇḍalaiḥ // > With heads shaped like an umbrella, men are kings; one with a sunken head is wealthy. > With flat heads, death of the father occurs; with round heads, they possess cattle and the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.83) ghaṭamūrdhā pāparucirdhanādyaiḥ parivarjitaḥ / kṛṣṇairākuñcitaiḥ keśaiḥ snigdhairekaikasambhavaiḥ // > One with a pot-shaped head delights in sin and is destitute of wealth and the like. > With black, curled hair, glossy, growing singly, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.84) abhinnāgraiśca mṛdubhirna cātibahubhirnṛpāḥ / bahumūlaiśca viṣamaiḥ sthūlāgraiḥ kapilaistathā // > unsplit at the tips, soft, and not too abundant, men are kings. > With hair having many roots, uneven, coarse at the tips, and tawny, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.85) niḥ svāścaivātikucilairghanairasita (dhika) mūrdhajaiḥ / yadyadgātraṃ mahārūkṣaṃ śirālaṃ māṃsavarjitam // > they are destitute; likewise with extremely crooked, dense, and excessive head-hair. > Whatever limb is very rough, veiny, and fleshless, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.86) tattatsyā daśubhaṃ sarvaṃ tato 'nyathā / vipulastriṣu gambhīro dīrghaḥ sūkṣmaśca pañcasu // > all of that is inauspicious; the opposite of that \[is auspicious\]. > Broad in three, deep, long, and fine in five, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.87) ṣaḍunnataścaturhrasvo raktaḥ saptasvasau nṛpaḥ / nābhiḥ svaraśca sasattvaṃ ca trayaṃ gambhīramīritam // > raised in six, short in four, red in seven: he is a king. > The navel, the voice, and the inner strength—these three are spoken of as deep. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.88) puṃsaḥ syādativistīrṇaṃ lalāṭaṃ vadanaṃ hyuraḥ / cakṣuḥ kakṣā nāsikā ca ṣaṭ syur nṛpakṛkāṭikāḥ // > Of a man, the forehead, face, and chest should be very broad. > The eyes, the armpits, the nose, and the nape of the neck—these six are elevated for a king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.89) unnatāni ca hrasvani jaṅghā grīvā ca liṅgakam / pṛṣṭhaṃ catvāri raktāni karatālvadharā nakhāḥ // > And short are the shanks, neck, and penis, > and the back—these four. Red are the hands, palate, lower lip, nails, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.90) netrāntapādajihvauṣṭhāḥ pañca sūkṣmāṇi santi vai / daśanāṅguliparvāṇi nakhakeśatvacaḥ śubhāḥ // > the corners of the eyes, feet, tongue, and upper lip; five are indeed fine: > teeth, finger-joints, nails, hair, and skin are auspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.91) dīrghāḥ stanāntaraṃ bāhudantalocananāsikāḥ / narāṇāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ proktaṃ vadāmi strīṣu lakṣaṇam // > Long are the space between the breasts, the arms, teeth, eyes, and nose. > The characteristics of men have been stated; I shall speak of the characteristics in women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.92) rājñyāḥ snigdhau samau pādau talau tāmrau nakhau tathā / śliṣṭāṅgulī connatāgrau tāṃ pāpya nṛpatirbhavet // > A queen has glossy, even feet, copper-red soles and nails, > closely set toes, and elevated tips; having obtained her, one becomes a king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.93) nigūḍhagulphopacitau padmakāntitalau śubhau / asvedinau mṛdutalau matsyāṅkuśaghvajāñcitau // > Auspicious are \[feet\] with concealed ankles, plump, with soles charming like lotuses, > not sweating, with soft soles, marked with a fish, goad, and flag, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.94) vajrābjahalacihnau ca dāsyāḥ pādau tato 'nyathā / jaṅghe ca romarahite suvṛtte viśire śubhe // > and bearing the marks of a thunderbolt, lotus, and plough; a maidservant's feet are the opposite. > The two shanks, hairless, well-rounded, and veinless, are auspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.95) anulbaṇaṃ sandhideśaṃ samaṃ jānudvayaṃ śubham / ūrū karikarākārāvaromau ca samau śubhau // > Auspicious is the joint area that is not prominent, and two even knees. > The thighs shaped like an elephant's trunk, hairless, and even, are auspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.96) aśvatthapatrasadṛśaṃ vipulaṃ guhyamuttamam / śroṇīlalāṭakaṃ strīṇāmūru kūrmonnataṃ śubham // > Resembling a leaf of the sacred fig tree, broad, the private part is excellent. > For women, the hips, the forehead, and thighs elevated like a tortoise are auspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.97) gūḍho maṇiśca śubhado nitambaśca guruḥ śubhaḥ / vistīrṇamāṃsopacitā gambhīrā vipulā śubhā // > A concealed clitoris brings good fortune, and heavy buttocks are auspicious. / Broad, well-covered with flesh, deep, and wide is an auspicious \[navel\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.98) nābhiḥ pradakṣiṇāvartā madhyaṃ tribaliśobhitam / aromaśau stanau pīnau ghanāvaviṣamau śubhau // > A navel coiling to the right, a waist adorned with three folds, / hairless, plump, firm, and even breasts are auspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.99) kaṭhinau romaśā śastā mṛdugrīvā ca kambubhā / āraktāvadharau śreṣṭhau māṃsalaṃ vartulaṃ mukham // > Firm breasts and a soft neck having hair and the appearance of a conch are praised. / Lips that are reddish are best; the face should be fleshy and round. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.100) kundapuṣpasamā dantā bhāṣitaṃ kokilāsamam / dākṣiṇyayuktamaśaṭhaṃ haṃsaśabdasukhāvaham // > Her teeth should resemble kunda flowers, and her speech should be like that of a cuckoo, / polite, candid, and bringing delight like the cry of a swan. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.101) nāsā samā samapuṭā strīṇāṃ tu rucirā śubhā / nīlotpalanibhaṃ cakṣurnāsālagnaṃ na lambakam // > A woman's nose is auspicious when it is straight, with symmetrical nostrils, and attractive; / her eyes should resemble blue lotus flowers, joined near the nose, and not hanging down. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.102) na pṛthū bālendunibhe bhruvau cātha lalāṭakam / śubhamardhendusaṃsthānamatuṅgaṃ syādalomaśam // > The eyebrows should not be thick and should resemble the crescent moon; the forehead, / in the shape of a half-moon, not excessively high, and hairless, is auspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.103) sumāṃsalaṃ karṇayugmaṃ samaṃ mṛdu samāhitam / snigdhā nīlāśca mṛdavo mūrdhajāḥ kuñcitāḥ kacāḥ // > Both ears should be very fleshy, symmetrical, soft, and well-proportioned. / The hair of the head should be glossy, black, soft, and curled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.104) strīṇāṃ samaṃ śiraḥ śreṣṭhaṃ pāde pāṇitale 'tha vā / vājikuñjaraśrīvṛkṣayūpeṣuyavatomaraiḥ // > For women, an even head is best. On the foot or the palm of the hand, / \[marks of\] a horse, an elephant, a bilva tree, a sacrificial post, an arrow, barley, or javelins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.105) dhvajacāmaramālābhiḥ śailakuṇḍalavedibhiḥ / śaṅkhātapatrapadmaiśca matsyasvastikasadrathaiḥ // > a flag, a chowrie, garlands, a mountain, earrings, altars, / a conch, an umbrella, lotus flowers, a fish, a svastika, or a fine chariot— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.106) lakṣaṇairaṅkuśādyaiśca striyaḥ syū rājavallabhāḥ / nigūḍhamaṇibandhau ca padmagarbhopamau karau // > women possessing such marks, like the goad and the rest, become beloved of kings. / Hands with concealed wrist-joints and resembling the interior of a lotus, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.107) na nimnaṃ nonnataṃ strīṇāṃ bhavetkaratalaṃ śubham / rekhānvitaṃ tvavidhavāṃ kuryātsaṃbhoginīṃ striyam / rekhā yā maṇibandhotthā gatā madhyāṅguliṃ kare // > the palm of women that is neither depressed nor elevated is auspicious. / Marked with lines, it makes a woman not a widow and rich in enjoyments. / The line that rises from the wrist and goes to the middle finger on the hand, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.108) gatā pāṇitale yā ca yordhvapādatale sthitā / strīṇāṃ puṃsāṃ tathā sā syādrājyāya ca sukhāya ca // > or that which runs across the palm, or is found running upward on the sole of the foot, / brings kingship and happiness both to women and to men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.109) kaniṣṭhikāmūlabhavā rekhā kuryācchatāyuṣam / pradeśinīmadhyamābhyāmantarālagatā satī // > A line originating at the base of the little finger brings a life of one hundred years / when it goes into the space between the forefinger and middle finger. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.110) ūnā ūnāyuṣaṃ kuryādrekhāścāṅguṣṭhamūlagāḥ / bṛhatyaḥ putrāstanvyastu pramadāḥ parikīrtitāḥ // > If shorter, it brings a shorter life. The lines located at the base of the thumb: / large ones are proclaimed to be sons, and slender ones to be daughters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.111) svalpāyuṣo bahu (laghu) cchinnā dīrghāchinnā mahāyuṣam / śubhaṃ tu lakṣaṇaṃ strīṇāṃ proktaṃ tvaśubhamanyathā // > Much broken \[lines indicate\] short life; long and unbroken ones indicate long life. / Auspicious characteristics of women have thus been declared; otherwise, they are inauspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.112) kaniṣṭhikānāmikā vā yasyā na spṛśate mahīm / aṅguṣṭhaṃ vā gatātītya tarjanī kulaṭā ca sā // > She whose little toe or ring toe does not touch the ground, / or whose foretoe extends past the big toe, is an unchaste woman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.113) ūrdhvaṃ dvābhyāṃ piṇḍikābhyāṃ jaṅghe cātiśirālake / romaśecātimāṃse ca kumbhākāraṃ tathodaram // > Elevated above the two calves, with shanks excessively veined, / hairy, and overly fleshy, and a belly shaped like a jar— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.114) vāmāvartaṃ nimnamalpaṃ duḥ khitānāṃ ca guhyakam / grīvayā hrasvayā niḥ svā dīrghayā ca kulakṣayaḥ // > a navel curling to the left, depressed, and small, and a small pudendum belong to wretched women. / By a short neck a woman becomes destitute; by a long one, destruction of the lineage occurs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.115) pṛthulayā pracaṇḍāśca striyaḥ syurnātra saṃśayaḥ / kekare piṅgale netre śyāme lolekṣaṇā satī // > Women with a thick neck become fierce, there is no doubt of this. / If she is squint-eyed, tawny-eyed, dark-eyed, or has roving eyes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.116) smite kūpe gaṇḍayośca sā dhruvaṃ vyabhicāriṇī / pralambinī lalāṭe tu devaraṃ hanti cāṅganā // > and dimples appear on her cheeks when she smiles, she is certainly adulterous. / A hanging fold of skin on the forehead, that woman kills her husband's younger brother; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.117) udare śvaśuraṃ hanti patiṃ hanti sphicordvayoḥ / yā tu romottarauṣṭhī syānna śubhā bhartureva hi // > \[on her\] belly, she kills her father-in-law; on both buttocks, she kills her husband. / She whose upper lip is hairy is indeed inauspicious for her husband. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.118) stanau saromāvaśubhau karṇau ca viṣamau tathā / karālā viṣamā dantāḥ kleśāya ca bhavanti te // > Breasts with hair and asymmetrical ears are inauspicious; / dreadful and uneven teeth bring distress. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.119) cauryāya kṛṣṇamāṃsāśca dīrghā bhurtuśca mṛtyave / kravyādarūpairhastaiśca vṛkakākādisannibhaiḥ // > \[Gums\] with black flesh lead to thievery, and long teeth to the death of the husband. / Hands that resemble beasts of prey, like a wolf, a crow, and so forth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.120) śirālairviṣamaiḥ śuṣkairvittahīnā bhavanti hi / samunnatottareṣṭhī yā kalahe rūkṣabhāṣiṇī // > veined, irregular, and dry, cause women to be devoid of wealth. / She whose upper lip is raised speaks harshly in quarrels. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.121) strīṣu doṣā virūpāsu patrākāro guṇāstataḥ / narastrīlakṣaṇaṃ proktaṃ vakṣye tajjñānadāyakam // > These are defects in uncomely women; virtues are \[shaped\] like leaves. / The characteristics of men and women have been taught; I will next speak of that which grants knowledge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.65.121.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65.121.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe jyotiḥ śāstre sāmudrike strīnaralakṣaṇaṃ nāma pañcaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the sixty-fifth chapter, named "The Characteristics of Women and Men," in the astrological science of physiognomy, in the section on conduct, the first division of the first section in the glorious and great Garuḍapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.65.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Lakṣaṇaprakāśa (Mitramiśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.laksanaprakasa.1.p73) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit - [Sāmudrika (Garga)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samudrika.arsa.samudrika.6.60) — Garga, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.65) · Pramāṇa