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If her hands are afflicted or deformed, one should avoid such a maiden 2. Then,
[if her complexion] is excellent, lively, and reddish—or appears white or bluish—it will be [a sign of].
It results in mere widowhood Vaidhavyam|The state of being a widow, often interpreted in these texts as a karmic or physical portent, though she will not be excessively miserable 2.
Shu. Sam. original: "Shu. Sam.", likely an abbreviation for the Shukra Samhita, a classical source text One whose belly interpretive reading of the corrupted "ladara" as "udara" is bluish or white, she [may suffer] from miscarriage
[or] is born with a trembling nature everywhere, like an earthquake; she is like a rope.
Two-fold for her 2. One who moves with a trembling gait, she then
becomes [unfortunate] if she is deprived of wealth and grain 2.
...she is the giver of poverty 2. One with [prominent] teeth Radāngī|A woman characterized by the specific appearance or alignment of her teeth...
Deer-eyed original: "mṛgākṣī", a classic poetic descriptor for beauty, with a slender waist original: "shvāsodarī", referring to a belly that is thin and supple, she who has [favorable] marks on her hands, that woman
will become a queen 3. [Through] the sight of the moon and calculations,
whether she be a servant or a mistress, that woman who is fortunate in her pregnancy,
having smooth limbs and a glossy complexion, that woman attains
happiness 1. Thus ends the characteristics of the teeth Danta-lakṣaṇam|The study of dental features and their omens...