Brihat Samhita

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सव्यासव्यऊरुसम्स्पर्शे सूते कन्यासुतद्वयम् । स्पृष्टे ललाटमध्यान्ते चतुस्त्रितनया भवेत् ॥ ५१-४१ ॥

If the right or left thigh be touched, a son or a daughter is indicated; if the centre or end of the forehead be touched, 4 or 3 sons will respectively be born.

english translation

savyAsavyaUrusamsparze sUte kanyAsutadvayam । spRSTe lalATamadhyAnte catustritanayA bhavet ॥ 51-41 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

शिरोललाटभ्रूकर्णगण्डं हनुरदा गलम् सव्यापसव्यस्कन्धश्च हस्तौ चिबुकनालकम् ॥ ५१-४२ ॥

The head, forehead, eyebrows, ears, cheeks, chin, neck, left shoulder, hands, elbows and nails were all described.

english translation

zirolalATabhrUkarNagaNDaM hanuradA galam savyApasavyaskandhazca hastau cibukanAlakam ॥ 51-42 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

उरः कुचं दक्षिणं अप्यसव्यं हृत्पार्श्वं एवं जठरं कटिश्च । स्फिक्पायुसन्धिऊरुयुगं च जानू जङ्घे अथ पादाविति कृत्तिकाआदौ ॥ ५१-४३ ॥

The head, the forehead, the brows, the ears, the cheek, the jaw, the teeth, the neck, the right shoulder, the left shoulder, the hand, the chin, the wind pipe, the breast, the right nipple, the left nipple, the heart, the sides, the belly, the hip, the buttocks, the anus, the genital organs, the two thighs, the knees, the ankles and the feet are respectively parts of the body represented by the twenty-seven asterisms from Kṛttikā.

english translation

uraH kucaM dakSiNaM apyasavyaM hRtpArzvaM evaM jaTharaM kaTizca । sphikpAyusandhiUruyugaM ca jAnU jaGghe atha pAdAviti kRttikAAdau ॥ 51-43 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

इति निगदितं एतद्गात्रसंस्पर्शलक्ष्म प्रकटं अभिमताप्त्यै वीक्ष्य शास्त्राणि सम्यक् । विपुलमतिरुदारो वेत्ति यः सर्वं एतन् नरपतिजनताभिः पूज्यते असौ सदैव ॥ ५१-४४ ॥

Thus I have described the several matters connected with Aṅgavidyā on a full examination of the treatises relating to the subject; that person who, possessed of a broad intellect and of a generous disposition masters this branch of the science, will be respected by the king and people.

english translation

iti nigaditaM etadgAtrasaMsparzalakSma prakaTaM abhimatAptyai vIkSya zAstrANi samyak । vipulamatirudAro vetti yaH sarvaM etan narapatijanatAbhiH pUjyate asau sadaiva ॥ 51-44 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript