Treatise on Physiognomy (1800) - Page 18

⚠The manuscript displays significant ink bleeding and smudging (ghosting) from the reverse side or heavy application, which obscures several characters. The thick Devanagari script has several illegible portions due to blotching.

...resembling the moon original: "somo ... nibho" ... it becomes 4 ... thus seven...
A fleshy neck, or one that is fierce, leading to poverty, or the form of a king?...
...the body... white... long... the young... 15?
He whose neck original: "griva" is well-rounded original: "savratā," likely a corruption of "suvrittā" ... envy ... born of ...
...speaking... poverty... fleshy... red...?
...resembling... that wife... [is] more...?
55 = ... 3. Thus [ends] the Characteristics of the Neck Griva Lakshana: the traditional study of the neck's shape, folds, and length to determine wealth or character. A red tongue Jihva: the tongue, which in physiognomy is evaluated for its color, thickness, and length
[If] occurring in a woman, she will always suffer sorrow original: "dukha bhoganī nityam" ...
...a son... 6 ... thus... [end of line]?
...auspicious... controlled... desire 7? no

...daily... the destruction of the lineage, so it is said 2? original: "vaṃśa chedā," referring to the end of a family line or inability to produce heirs
80 Thus [ends] the Characteristics of the Tongue Jihva Lakshana: the diagnostic study of the tongue's appearance. According to his own opinion... all...?
5 . 6 ...white... wise... beautiful... characteristics...?