बृहत्संहिता (आचार्य वराहमिहिर - स्थापत्य, खगोल, मौसम व जल विज्ञान)

558 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LXVIII. Sl. 79-82.
tion to forbidden women and a life of 90 years; the lines
touching the hair on both sides, a life of 80 years; five
lines on the forehead, indicate a life of 70 years; all
lines converging to a point, of 60 years; many (six)
lines, a life of 50 years; crooked ones, of 40 years;
those touching the brows, of 30 years; those curved to-
wards the left, of 20 years; slender and small ones, a
short life; those short of the above, a life that is to be
proportionately calculated.
परिमण्डलैर्गवाढ्याश्छत्राकारैः शिरोभिरवनीशाः।
चिपिटैः पितृमातृघ्नाः करोटिशिरसां चिरान्मृत्युः ॥७९॥
घटमूर्धान्वानरुचिर्द्विमस्तकः पापकृद्धनैस्त्यक्तः।
निम्नं तु शिरो महतां बहुनिम्नमर्थदं भवति ॥८०॥
Slokas 79-80.—Men with a round head become rich
in cattle; with one like an umbrella, kings; with a flat
one, murderers of parents; with one like a cap or turban
(lit. skull), long-lived; with a pot-like head, tourists;
with a double head, sinners and indigent; with a de-
pressed head, great men; and with a too-much depressed
one, ill-fated.
एकैकभवैः स्निग्धैः कृष्णैराकुञ्चितैरभिन्नाग्रैः।
मृदुभिर्न चातिबहुभिः केशैः सुखभाग्नरेन्द्रो वा ॥८१॥
बहुमूलविषमकपिलाः स्थूलस्फुटिताग्रपरुषह्रस्वाश्च।
अतिकुटिलाश्चातिघनाश्च मूर्धजा वित्तहीनानाम् ॥८२॥
Slokas 81-82.—One becomes a king or enjoyer of
happiness, if the hairs (on the head) are single in each
pore, glossy, dark, bent, with tips unsplit, soft, and not too
thick. One becomes penniless with the hair being many
in one pore, of unequal length, brown, very thick, with
tips split, rough, short, too crooked and too dense.