निगूढमणिबन्धनौ तरुणपद्मगर्भौपमौ करौ नृपति योषितस् तनुविकृष्टपर्वाङ्गुली । न निम्नं अति नौन्नतं करतलं सुरेखाअन्वितं करोत्यविधवां चिरं सुतसुखार्थसम्भोगिनीम् ॥ ७०-११ ॥
If the wrists be invisible, the hands be like the lotus flower and soft, and if the finger joints be long, the woman will become a queen; if the palm of the hand be neither deep, nor high, if it be covered with benefic lines, the woman will live long, leading a married life and will have sons; she will live in comfort, be wealthy and in the enjoyment of sexual pleasures.
मध्याङ्गुलिं या मणिबन्धनौत्था रेखा गता पाणितले अङ्गनायाः । उर्ध्वस्थिता पादतले अथ वा या पुंसो अथ वा राज्यसुखाय सा स्यात् ॥ ७०-१२ ॥
If there be found a line issuing from the wrist and reaching the middle finger, or if vertical lines be found in the palm of the hand, either the woman will become a queen or her husband will become a king.
If there be found a line issuing from below the little finger and reaching a place between the forefinger and the middle finger, the woman will live long; if short, her age will be proportionately short.
The big lines below the root of the thumb indicate sons and the small lines daughters. If the lines be perfect, the children will live long, and if broken or short they will die early.
Thus have been described the good features of women (kanyā-lakṣaṇa); the bad features are the reverse of these. We shall however proceed to state briefly the more remarkable ones.