Treatise on Physiognomy

If there are two lines on the forehead, one lives for twenty years; if there are seven lines, the life span is also said to be twenty years. This refers to a specific system of calculating longevity based on the number of horizontal creases.

However, it should be known that one with a single line across the forehead lives for twenty-five years. One who possesses five lines on the forehead that reach as far as the ears original: "samākarṇita gocaraḥ" is particularly distinguished. If these three lines are very deep, one should understand their effects individually.

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A man whose hair is crooked, split, or coarse is considered an inferior person. Such a man should be known as one who is destined for a life of sorrow.

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Conversely, men who possess sparse, soft, and glossy hair that is as dark as a black bee original: "bhramara sannibha," a common poetic comparison for deep black hair or the color of honey, are destined to be the enjoyers of happiness.

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|| Thus ends the Characteristics of the Hair || original: "iti keśa lakṣaṇam"

Men whose nose, eyes, teeth, lips, hands, and ears are large and symmetrical original: "samānne" are to be known as fortunate; if these features are uneven or asymmetrical, the result is the opposite.

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The gait, the voice, the posture, the musculature, and the eyes—these are the characteristics of one's movement and physical state. Through these, one attains knowledge, authority, wealth, and the enjoyment of pleasures.

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In women, hair-whirls avartta often called 'cowlicks' in hair or patterns in the skin and moles are auspicious if they appear on the left side of the body. Regarding the touch, the twitching of limbs, the teeth, and the forehead mark...