Skandapurana 4.37
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Skanda said:
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A householder constantly enjoys happiness if his wife possesses auspicious marks.
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Therefore, for the sake of the increase of happiness, one should first examine the marks.
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The body, curls of hair, fragrance, complexion, temperament, voice, gait,
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and color: this eightfold basis of bodily marks has been taught by the wise.
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Beginning from the soles of the feet up to the hair on the head, in order,
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I shall describe the auspicious and inauspicious marks; listen, O sage!
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First the sole of the foot and lines; then the big toe, toes, and nails;
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the upper foot, both ankles, the heels, shanks, hairs, and both knees;
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the thighs, waist, buttocks, hips, vulva, pelvis, and bladder;
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the navel, both flanks, the sides, abdomen, waist, and the three folds;
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the line of hair on the abdomen, the heart, chest, both breasts, and the nipples;
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the collarbones, shoulders, armpits, arms, wrists, and both hands;
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the back of the hand, the palm, lines, thumb, fingers, and nails;
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the back, the nape of the neck, the throat, the chin, and both jaws;
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both cheeks, the mouth, the lower and upper lips, teeth, and tongue;
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the uvula, palate, laughter, nose, sneezing, and the two eyes;
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the eyelashes, brows, ears, forehead, crown of the head, parting of the hair, and the hairs of the head:
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these sixty-six are the true mine of characteristics of women's limbs.
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The sole of women's feet that is glossy, fleshy, soft, even,
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free from sweat, warm, and red is remembered as fit for abundant pleasures.
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Rough, discoloured, harsh, leaving broken footprints,
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shaped like a winnowing basket, and parched, indicates grief and misfortune.
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[A line] like a discus, svastika, conch, lotus, banner, fish, or parasol,
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on whose sole such a line exists, she becomes a king's wife.
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An upward line reaching to the middle toe brings unbroken enjoyment;
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a line resembling a mouse, snake, or crow indicates sorrow and poverty.
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An elevated, fleshy, and round big toe gives matchless pleasure;
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crooked, short, and flat, it destroys happiness and good fortune.
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By a broad one she becomes a widow; by an excessively long big toe, unfortunate.
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Soft toes are praised, [as are] dense, rounded, and elevated ones.
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With long toes she is an unchaste woman; with emaciated ones, extremely destitute;
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with short ones she is short-lived; with crooked ones she acts deceitfully;
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with flat ones she becomes a servant; with spaced toes, poor.
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If toes of the feet overlap one another,
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she will kill even many husbands and then become another's servant.
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She while walking along a path kicks up dust from the ground—
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she becomes an unchaste woman, the destroyer of three families.
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Whose little toe does not touch the ground as she walks,
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that woman kills her husband and takes a second husband.
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Whose ring toe or middle toe does not touch the ground,
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the former slays two husbands, and the latter three husbands;
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both these cause loss of husband if they are deficient.
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Whose second toe extends beyond the big toe,
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she is an unchaste woman even from maidenhood; this is indeed the certainty.
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Glossy, elevated, coppery, and round toenails are auspicious.
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The high instep of women indicates queenship,
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free from sweat and without prominent veins, smooth, soft, and fleshy.
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[She is] poor with one sunken in the middle; with a veined one, constantly wandering on the road;
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with one full of hair she becomes a servant; and with one devoid of flesh, unfortunate.
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Hidden ankles, free of veins and well-rounded, are said to bring good;
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uneven, loose, and visible ones indicate misfortune.
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A woman with even heels is auspicious, and one with broad heels is unfortunate;
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one with high heels is unchaste, and one with long heels suffers sorrow.
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Whose shanks are hairless, even, glossy, tapering and round,
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she becomes a queen, if they are veinless and enchanting.
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A woman with one hair [per pore] is a queen, and with two hairs brings happiness;
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one with three hairs in the hair-pores suffers the sorrow of widowhood.
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A pair of knees that is round and compact with flesh is praised;
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fleshless knees belong to a promiscuous woman, and loose ones to one who is poor.
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With thighs free of veins, shaped like an elephant's trunk, smooth, compact,
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well-rounded, and devoid of hair, women become beloved of kings.
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Widowhood is declared from hairy thighs, and misfortune from flat ones;
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great sorrow from thighs with a gap between them, and poverty from those with hard skin.
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A waist measuring twenty-four finger-breadths is praised,
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adorned with prominent hips, and well-proportioned for fawn-eyed women.
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A waist that is bent, flat, long, fleshless, or not narrow,
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short, or covered with hair, indicates sorrow and widowhood for a woman.
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The circle of hips of women that is elevated, fleshy, and broad
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is declared to bring great pleasure; any other is considered to bring distress.
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Round like the wood-apple fruit, soft, fleshy, and firm,
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buttocks free of folds increase the pleasure of love.
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A vulva resembling the back of a tortoise or like the shoulder of an elephant is auspicious;
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elevated on the left, it produces daughters; elevated on the right, it produces sons.
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With mouse-fine hair, a hidden clitoris, well-joined, compact, broad,
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elevated, resembling a lotus petal, and shaped like a leaf of the sacred fig tree, it is auspicious.
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That which has the shape of a deer's hoof, or resembles the interior of a hearth,
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hairy, wide-mouthed, and with a visible clitoris, brings great misfortune. // 39
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A woman whose vulva turns like a conch shell does not desire conception here;
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one that is flat or shaped like a skull causes the state of a servant girl. // 40
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That which resembles a bamboo or reed leaf, with coarse hair and a high clitoris,
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deformed, crooked in form, and with hanging lips, is likewise inauspicious. // 41
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The mons pubis, the region above the vulva, broad, elevated, fleshy,
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soft, endowed with fine hair, and turning clockwise, is praised. // 42
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Turning counter-clockwise, fleshless, and bent, it indicates widowhood;
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narrow, rough, and uneven, the mons pubis always causes sorrow. // 43
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The lower abdomen is auspicious if wide, soft, and slightly elevated;
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hairy, veiny, and marked with lines, it is not auspicious at all. // 44
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A deep navel turning to the right leads to happiness and wealth;
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turning to the left, shallow, and with an obvious protrusion, it is not auspicious. // 45
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A woman with a broad belly bears many sons and becomes an abode of happiness;
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with a belly resembling a frog, she brings forth a son who is a ruler of the earth. // 46
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With an elevated belly, or one possessing folds, or marked by a whorl,
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a woman in this world becomes respectively barren, an ascetic, or a maidservant. // 47
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With flanks that are even, equally fleshy, soft, auspicious, and with hidden ribs,
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she undoubtedly becomes a storehouse of good fortune and happiness. // 48
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A woman whose flanks have visible veins, are elevated, and covered with hair,
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becomes childless, ill-behaved, and a treasure of sorrow. // 49
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With a belly that is very slight, veinless, and with soft skin,
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a woman becomes rich in enjoyments, perpetually enjoying sweet food. // 50
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The belly of an impoverished woman is pot-shaped or resembles a drum,
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like a pumpkin or a barleycorn, and is hard to satisfy in a woman. // 51
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A woman with a very large belly is childless and unfortunate;
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a woman with a hanging belly kills her father-in-law and her brother-in-law. // 52
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Slender in the waist, endowed with three folds, she is fortunate and rich in pleasures;
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she who has a straight and delicate line of hair is a source of joy and delight. // 53
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A line of hair that is tawny, crooked, thick, and broken
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causes theft, widowhood, and misfortune to women here. // 54
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A woman whose chest is hairless, even, and free from depressions
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attains prosperity, freedom from widowhood, and the love of her beloved. // 55
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A woman with a broad chest is unchaste and likewise cruel;
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one whose chest has sprouted hair certainly kills her husband. // 56
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A chest that is eighteen finger-breadths wide, plump, and high
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leads to happiness; hairy, uneven, and broad, it causes grief. // 57
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Breasts that are firm, round, solid, plump, and symmetrical are praised;
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having thick tips, widely separated, and dry, they do not bring happiness to fair-thighed women. // 58
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A woman whose right breast is higher has sons and is considered pre-eminent;
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one whose left breast is elevated gives birth to a daughter beautiful in good fortune. // 59
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Breasts resembling the pots of a waterwheel indicate wickedness;
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fleshy-tipped, widely spaced, and broad at the margins, they are not auspicious. // 60
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Breasts thick at the base, gradually tapering, and sharp at the tip,
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give happiness in early life, but afterwards bring extreme sorrow. // 61
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A firm pair of nipples is praised, dark and well-rounded;
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sunken inwards, long, or thin, they lead to suffering. // 62
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With fleshy collarbones, a bride becomes a treasure of wealth and grain;
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with loose bones, sunken, or uneven ones, she becomes impoverished. // 63
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Shoulders that are flexible, sloping, not too long, and not emaciated are auspicious;
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crooked, thick, and hairy, they indicate servitude and widowhood. // 64
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Shoulders with concealed joints, sloping ends, and well-knit are auspicious;
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having equally raised ends, they cause widowhood; fleshless, they bring great misery. // 65
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In the armpits, fine hair, elevated, smooth, and fleshy [parts]
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are praised; deep, veiny, and moist with sweat, they are not praised. // 66
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The arms of doe-eyed women should be faultless, tender with hidden bones and joints,
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veinless, hairless, and straight. // 67
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Coarse-haired, they cause widowhood; short, they indicate bad luck;
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arms with clearly visible veins cause distress to women. // 68
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Having the form of a lotus bud, facing toward the thumb and fingers,
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the two hands of fawn-eyed women lead to abundant enjoyment. (69)
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Soft, elevated in the center, red, without gaps [between the fingers],
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the palm of the hands is praised when rich in auspicious lines, having few lines, and possessing auspicious fortune. (4.1.37.70)
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She becomes a widow by having many lines, poor by having no lines,
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and indeed a female beggar by having a palm full of prominent veins. (71)
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Hairless, without visible veins, and elevated: the back of the hand is praised.
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One should avoid a hand hairy—which is a cause of widowhood—fleshless, and sinewy. (72)
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Red, distinct, deep, glossy, complete, and rounded:
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such a hand-line of a woman is auspicious according to her destiny. (73)
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With a fish [mark] a woman is fortunate; with a svastika she bestows wealth;
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with a lotus she is the wife of a king and gives birth to a king as a son. (74)
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In the hand of the wife of a universal monarch is a clockwise nandyāvarta;
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a conch, a parasol, and an ascetic's cell indicate motherhood of a king. (75)
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Two lines shaped like a balance and a weight cause the status of a merchant's wife;
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lines shaped like an elephant, a horse, or a bull in the left hand of fawn-eyed women (76)
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or resembling a palace or a thunderbolt declare a son who is a tirthankara.
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She becomes the wife of a farmer by a cart or a yoke; (77)
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by fly-whisks, elephant goads, and bows, she certainly becomes a queen.
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If a line starting from the root of the thumb goes to the little finger, (78)
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she would kill her husband; a wise man should shun her from afar.
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By a line shaped like a trident, a sword, a mace, a spear, or a kettle-drum,
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a woman with fine hips becomes renowned for generosity on the earth. (79)
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A heron, a jackal, a frog, a wolf, a scorpion, a snake,
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a donkey, a camel, or a cat present in the hand bring sorrow to a woman. (4.1.37.80)
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A thumb that is straight, rounded, with rounded nails, and soft bestows good fortune. (81)
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And fingers that have well-formed joints, are long, rounded, and gradually tapering [are auspicious];
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flat, uneven, rough, and having hair on the back are inauspicious. (82)
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Excessively short, thin, crooked, and spaced apart cause disease;
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fingers endowed with many joints lead to grief for women. (83)
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Reddish, with prominent tips, and elevated: such nails of beautiful women are auspicious.
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Sunken, discolored, looking like oyster shells, and yellow bestow poverty. (84)
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White spots on the nails usually belong to an unchaste woman;
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men also become sorrowful through spotted nails. (85)
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A back whose backbone is submerged within and is fleshy is auspicious;
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by a back endowed with hair, she certainly obtains widowhood. (86)
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She is sorrowful also by one that is bent, bowed down, or with prominent veins.
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The nape of the neck is best when straight, fleshy, and elevated; (87)
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withered, veiny, full of hair, broad, or crooked, it is inauspicious.
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A fleshy, round throat of four finger-breadths is praised. (88)
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A neck marked with three folds, with hidden bones, and well-knit is praised;
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fleshless, flat, long, and uneven does not bestow good fortune. (89)
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One with a thick neck becomes a widow, and one with a crooked neck becomes a servant-maid;
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one with a doubly flat neck is barren, and one with a short neck is sonless. (4.1.37.90)
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A chin of two finger-breadths is praised: round, full, and very tender;
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one should reject one that is thick, divided in two, elongated, or hairy. (91)
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A jaw joined to the chin, hairless, and very firm is auspicious;
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crooked, thick, thin, short, or hairy does not bestow good fortune. (92)
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The cheeks of a fair-eyed woman are praised when plump, round, and elevated;
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one should avoid those that are hairy, rough, sunken, or fleshless. (93)
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An even, fleshy, very glossy, sweet-smelling, and round face,
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bearing the likeness of the face of the mother, belongs to fortunate women in this world. (94)
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Pale red, round, glossy, with its middle part adorned with a line:
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[such a lower lip] of a woman makes her beloved of a king. (95)
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Thin, pendulous, cracked, and rough indicates misfortune;
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a lower lip that is dark-brown and thick causes widowhood and quarrel. (96)
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Smooth and hairless, slightly raised in the middle, the upper lip of a passionate woman bestows fine pleasures; (97)
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the contrary produces adverse effects.
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Resembling cow's milk, smooth, thirty-two teeth are auspicious;
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even below and above, and slightly elevated. (98)
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Teeth that are yellow, dark grey, thick, long, or arranged in double rows,
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as well as oyster-shell-shaped and widely spaced, are a cause of misery and misfortune.
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If she has extra teeth below, she will clearly destroy her mother;
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with misshapen [teeth] she becomes husbandless, and with widely spaced ones, an unchaste woman.
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