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Agni Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 8 · Marks of Men and Women
पुरुषस्त्रीलक्षणम्
पाणिपादं मुखं ग्रीवा श्रवणे हृदयं शिरः ।ललाटमुदरं पृष्ठं वृहन्तः पूजिता दश ॥ २१ ॥
In the full Agni Purana this is chapter 243, verse 21.
Hands and feet, face, neck, two ears, heart, head, forehead, belly and back: these ten, when large, are honoured.
Simple meaning: Large hands, feet, face, neck, ears, heart, head, forehead, belly and back are honoured.
प्रसारितभुजस्येह मध्यमाग्रद्वयान्तरम् ।
A man whose arm span equals his height is called banyan-round.
पादौ गुल्फौ स्फिचौ पार्श्वौ वङ्क्षणौ वृषणौ कुचौ ।
Feet, ankles, hips, sides, groins, testicles, breasts, ears, lips, thighs, shins, hands, arms and eyes.
चतुर्दशसमद्वंद्व एतत्सामान्यतो नरः ।
A man with these fourteen equal pairs is the common type. One who learns fourteen sciences is sixteen-eyed.