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Agni Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 8 · Marks of Men and Women
पुरुषस्त्रीलक्षणम्
चतुष्किष्कुश्चतुर्दंष्ट्रश्चतुष्कृष्णस्तथैव च ।चतुर्गन्धश्चतुर्हस्तः मूक्ष्मदीर्घश्च पञ्चसु ॥ ५ ॥
In the full Agni Purana this is chapter 243, verse 5.
'Four-kishku' (a forearm-length measure), 'four eye-teeth', 'four-black', 'four-smell', 'four-hand', and 'fine and long' in five places. (Our text is unclear here: 'four-hand' may be a slip for 'four-short'.)
Simple meaning: The list goes on: four forearm-lengths tall, four eye-teeth, four black parts, four smells, five fine, five long.
षडुन्नतोऽष्टवंशश्च सप्तस्नेहो नवामलः ।
The list goes on: six high, eight ridges, seven smooth, nine clean, ten lotus-like, ten broad and banyan-round.
चतुर्दशसमद्वंद्वः षोडशाक्षश्च शस्यते ।
Fourteen equal pairs and sixteen eyes are praised. Of duty, wealth and desire, duty counts most.
तारकाभ्यां विना नेत्रे शुक्लदन्ती द्विशुक्लकः ।
Two-white means white eyes and teeth. Three-deep means a deep voice, deep navel and deep inner calm.