Agni Purana — Chapter 243

AgP 243.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे पुरुषलक्षणं नाम द्विचत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {२४३} :श् अथ त्रिचत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः स्त्रीलक्षणं समुद्र उवाच शस्ता स्त्री(१) चारुसर्वाङ्गी मत्तमातङ्गगामिनी गुरूरुजघना या च मत्तपारावतेक्षणा

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe puruṣalakṣaṇaṃ nāma dvicatvāriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {243} :ś atha tricatvāriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ strīlakṣaṇaṃ samudra uvāca śastā strī(1) cārusarvāṅgī mattamātaṅgagāminī gurūrujaghanā yā ca mattapārāvatekṣaṇā

Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the two hundred forty-second chapter, called 'The Marks of a Man'. || Now the two hundred forty-third chapter: The Marks of a Woman. Samudra said: A woman is commended (who is) lovely in all her limbs, walking like a rutting elephant, who has heavy thighs and hips, and eyes like an excited dove.

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AgP 243.2

सुनीलकेशी तन्वङ्गी विलोमाङ्गी मनोहरा :न् १ शुभा स्त्री इति ज॥ :प् ३८६ समभूमिस्पृशौ पादौ संहतौ च तथा स्तनौ

sunīlakeśī tanvaṅgī vilomāṅgī manoharā :n 1 śubhā strī iti ja.. :p 386 samabhūmispṛśau pādau saṃhatau ca tathā stanau

with very dark hair, slender-limbed, with limbs free of hair, charming; her two feet touching the ground evenly, and likewise her breasts close together.

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AgP 243.3

नाभिः प्रदक्षिणावर्ता गुह्यमश्वत्थपत्रवत् गुल्फौ निगूढौ मध्येन नाभिरङ्गुष्ठमानिका

nābhiḥ pradakṣiṇāvartā guhyamaśvatthapatravat gulphau nigūḍhau madhyena nābhiraṅguṣṭhamānikā

the navel whorled to the right, the pudendum like an aśvattha leaf, the ankles hidden, and the navel a thumb's measure at the middle.

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AgP 243.4

जठरन्न प्रलम्बञ्च रोमरूक्षा न शोभना नर्क्षवृक्षनदीनाम्नी न सदा(१) कलहप्रिया

jaṭharanna pralambañca romarūkṣā na śobhanā narkṣavṛkṣanadīnāmnī na sadā(1) kalahapriyā

A belly that is pendulous is not (good), nor one rough with hair; not auspicious is a woman named after a constellation, a tree, or a river, nor one always fond of quarrel.

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AgP 243.5

न लोलुपा न दुर्भाषा शुभा देवादिपूजिता गण्डैर् मधूकपुष्पाभैर् न शिराला न लोमशा

na lolupā na durbhāṣā śubhā devādipūjitā gaṇḍair madhūkapuṣpābhair na śirālā na lomaśā

Not greedy, not foul of speech — she is auspicious, honoured by the gods and others; with cheeks like madhūka blossoms, not veiny, not hairy,

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AgP 243.6

न संहतभ्रूकुटिला पतिप्राणा पतिप्रिया अलक्षणापि लक्षण्या यत्राकारास्ततो गुणाः(२)

na saṃhatabhrūkuṭilā patiprāṇā patipriyā alakṣaṇāpi lakṣaṇyā yatrākārāstato guṇāḥ(2)

not with joined brows nor crooked (of brow), holding her husband as her life, dear to her husband: even one without (auspicious) marks is possessed of marks — where the forms are, from them come the qualities.

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AgP 243.7

भुवङ्कनिष्ठिका यस्या न स्पृशेन्मृत्युरेव सा

bhuvaṅkaniṣṭhikā yasyā na spṛśenmṛtyureva sā

She whose little toe does not touch the ground — she is death itself.

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