Treatise on Physiognomy (1800) - Page 14

⚠Heavy ink saturation and bleeding between lines make some character ligatures and vowel signs difficult to distinguish precisely.

84 Sa. Ha. Likely an abbreviation for Samudrika Hasta, a branch of physiognomy focusing on the hands or general bodily marks.

Oh, Prosperity! The middle son shines within the refuge... 1 thus.
The color raga: refers to redness, passion, or the aesthetic "tint" of the skin of the secret forest... the beloved...
A white banner... the pure... a garland... 1
A garland of pure nectar 1... gold hema: a poetic term for gold, often used to describe a high-status complexion... the feet... gold...
The beautiful forest-born lotus... the cakora bird... The cakora is a mythical bird in Sanskrit literature said to subsist on moonbeams; its mention suggests eyes or a face of lunar beauty.
The essence of the mind... victory... a well-formed lake... good intelligence... 2 thus.
The lotus... the hand... the lake... full of essence and collection...
Gone... dark... the lake... 1

7 It would be in the new [state] 1... again, this essence... the path of the king...
va Endowed with hands... 3... merely the dwelling...
Without knowledge 2... the forest... the protection of qualities... the sacred sound pranava: the mystical syllable OM, signifying the primordial vibration of the universe...
In the dwelling of the world... the excellent king... for the sake of auspiciousness original: "kalyana" — refers to spiritual and material well-being...
10... Oh, dweller of the world... the forest... 1