Bhava Kutuhala · by Jivanatha Daivajna
Chapter 10 · A Woman's Body Marks
दशमोऽध्यायः
श्यामया कलहा नित्यं दरिद्रा स्थूलया भवेत् ।अभक्ष्यभक्षिणी ज्ञेया जिह्वया लम्बमानया ॥ ८४ ॥
A blue-black tongue is linked with constant quarrels. A thick tongue is linked with a risk of poverty. A tongue that hangs down is linked with a woman who may eat what is not fit to eat.
Simple meaning: A blue-black tongue: quarrels. A thick one: risk of poverty. A hanging one: eating unfit food.
तालु कोकनदाभासं कोमलं भद्रकारकम् ।
A soft, red palate brings good fortune. Yellow: leaving home life. White: a risk of widowhood.
श्यामले पुत्रहीना च रूक्षे तालुनि दुःखिता ।
A black palate: may find it hard to have sons. Rough: unhappiness. Crooked: quarrels. Many-coloured: hardship.
क्रमसूक्ष्मारुणा वृत्ता स्थूला घण्टी शुभा मता ।
A tapering, reddish, round, thick uvula is good. A very thick, long or black one is not.