Ajanubahu
Long arms that reach the knees, the arms poets give Rama. A heroic ideal, never a measure of a person.
- Samudrika Shastra
- हिंदी: आजानुबाहु
What is the rule behind Ajanubahu?
The texts praise long arms reaching the knees (ajanubahu), a broad straight back, and shapely legs; the Buddhist 32 marks give a great man legs like an antelope's.
Source: Brihat Samhita; Lakkhana Sutta
Where can you learn about Ajanubahu?
Ajanubahu is taught in RishiSetu’s Samudrika Shastra course, inside the app, one idea at a time with practice after each.
Related terms
- Kambu-grivaA neck like a conch with three soft lines, as the texts and poets describe gods and heroes.
- Pada rekha (signs on the soles)The lotus, wheel, fish and conch on the soles, the same signs the texts look for on the palms, as in the footprints of Vishnu and the Buddha in art.
- Gati (gait)The way a person walks. The texts praise a gait like an elephant's, a bull's, a lion's or a swan's. Gait changes with health, age and disability, so it is never used to judge anyone.
- Tila (mole)A mole. The texts give a result for a mole on each part of the body, learned as history. A mole that grows or changes is shown to a doctor, never read.
- Svara (voice)The voice. The texts praise one that is deep and resonant like a rain cloud or a drum. A voice changes with age, illness and shyness, so a reader quotes the texts and reads no fortune from it.
- Pitaka (eruption)An eruption on the skin. Brihat Samhita gives eruptions a chapter of their own, studied as history and never as a health sign.
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What does Ajanubahu mean in Samudrika Shastra?
Long arms that reach the knees, the arms poets give Rama. A heroic ideal, never a measure of a person. The texts praise long arms reaching the knees (ajanubahu), a broad straight back, and shapely legs; the Buddhist 32 marks give a great man legs like an antelope's.
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