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Those who have marks like white flowers [on the nails or skin] are enjoyers of life; similarly, each element? is composed of knowledge from? that.
A man dwells in the supreme?... he who is a worshiper of his own? [self], as well as
Radha A name, possibly referring to a specific deity or a personified success
hunger, affliction, and poverty. || 50 || Thus end the characteristics of injuries ghata-lakshana: signs on the body resulting from past wounds or strikes, used to predict fate. Now,
furthermore, if there is a white wheel-mark chakra: a circular or spiral mark on the skin that is turned clockwise savyavarta: right-turning or clockwise, a highly auspicious direction in Indian tradition, he indeed becomes a poet kavi: a sage, seer, or poet.
By that wheel-mark, a man becomes a ruler of a kingdom. || 51 || One who [smells] like honey madhu-sadrisha: honey-like is a man beloved by women. One who has the scent of a lotus padma-gandhi: lotus-scented will be a
protector of the earth, just like a sovereign king. || 52 || He whose scent is like lac laksha: a red resin or dye
receives royal honors. One who smells of sandalwood chandana: a fragrant wood often used in sacred rituals is said to be influential... from one?... || 53 || A white leaf-like mark... itching?... or a king...
A man will be an enjoyer [of wealth]. With a white... a man is poor,
[but] the enjoyers [are different]. || 54 || With semen shukra: reproductive fluid or vital essence the color of a rain-cloud payoda-varna: water-giving or cloud-colored, one becomes a king,
without a doubt. With dark-colored semen, a man will be an enjoyer of the physical body deha-bhogi: one focused on sensual or worldly pleasures. || 55 || Thus end the characteristics of virility virya-lakshana: signs derived from the nature of one's vital energy or semen. Similar to a Shravaka shravaka: a disciple or a term often used for a lay Jain practitioner...