Treatise on Physiognomy

One who is smooth, possesses a long form, and is well-proportioned in the middle likely referring to a slender waist, yet has [specific] hair growth, will be an experiencer of sorrow in all things.

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|| Thus ends the Characteristics of Complexion || original: "iti varṇa-lakṣaṇe"

Those with rough, hard hair on the head are considered the lowest of men and are destined for a life of sorrow.

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Furthermore, those whose heads are shaped like those of the low-born or are [unusually] thick...

|| Thus ends the Characteristics of the Head || original: "iti mastaka lakṣaṇe"

Furthermore, when eyebrows are uneven or joined as one, or if they are crooked in the middle, [it signifies a specific fate]. One who has one or two [distinct] hairs at the end of the brows or perhaps referring to the space between them, the wise should designate such men as kings.

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Characteristics of the Eyebrows original: "bhruvo lakṣaṇe"

When [marks] appear on the forehead, he becomes a Lord of the Earth Prithivipate. However, it is said that through a very broad forehead, a man may suffer the loss of wealth.

With a small forehead, few offspring are produced. With a high or elevated forehead, there is a gain of wealth—of this, there is no doubt.

With an uneven or irregular forehead, men are miserable and physically worn out; such men are constantly engaged in manual service original: "parikarma-ratā", meaning devoted to labor or attending to others, though they may obtain wealth through the wise.

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When three distinct lines wrinkles or folds are seen on the forehead, one should know those men to be powerful lords who are beloved by women.

Those with five such lines are said to be great leaders and truthful; they live to be a hundred years old...