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

578 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LXX. Sl. 1-3.
कन्यालक्षणम् ॥७०॥ Characteristics of Maidens.
स्निग्धोन्नताग्रतनुताम्रनखौ कुमार्याः
पादौ समोपचितचारुनिगूढगुल्फौ ।
श्लिष्टाङ्गुली कमलकान्तितलौ च यस्या-
स्तामुद्वहेद्यदि भुवोऽधिपतित्वमिच्छेत् ॥१॥
Sloka 1.—One who wishes to become the lord of
the earth must marry a maiden, the nails of whose feet
are glossy, arched, pointed at the tip, and red, the ankle-
joints, equal, well-developed (fleshy), handsome and
hidden ; the toes, close-touching, and the soles as lustrous
as a lotus.
मत्स्याङ्कुशाब्जयववज्रहलासिचिह्ना-
वस्वेदनौ मृदुतलौ चरणौ प्रशस्तौ ।
जङ्घे च रोमरहिते विशिरे सुवृत्ते
जानुद्वयं सममनुल्बणसन्धिदेशम् ॥२॥
ऊरू घनौ करिकरप्रतिमावरोमा-
वश्वत्थपत्रसदृशं विपुलं च गुह्यम् ।
श्रोणीललाटमुरुकूर्म्मसमुन्नतं च
गूढो मणिश्च विपुलां श्रियमादधाति ॥३॥
Slokas 2-3.—Commendable are the feet with tender,
unsweating soles and with the marks of fish, goad, lotus,
barely, diamond, plough and sword. So also are the
shanks that are perfectly round and without hair and
veins. The two knees, being equal and without very
prominent joints, are good. The thighs, being plump,
without hair and similar to the trunks of elephants, the
genital organ being broad and similar to the leaf of the