Lalata rekha (forehead lines)
The lines across the forehead, which the texts count and link to fortune. They deepen with age and expression, and lifespan is never read from them.
- Samudrika Shastra
- हिंदी: ललाट रेखा
What is the rule behind Lalata rekha?
The texts praise a broad, high forehead and count the lines across it, linking their number to fortune and even lifespan. In Europe, Cardano's Metoposcopia (1658) read forehead lines by the planets. Lifespan is never read from them.
Source: Samudrika Tilaka; Cardano
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Related terms
- SaraIn Charaka Samhita, the tissue or quality best developed in a person, of eight kinds from skin to mind (sattva). It belongs to a physician's examination; a Samudrika reader only names it.
- 32 marks of a great manA Buddhist list of the marks of a great man, among them the urna between the brows, the ushnisha on the crown, 40 teeth and a voice like Brahma's.
- Chhaya (lustre)The lustre or presence a person gives off, of five kinds named after the five elements. It is a reader's impression and never skin colour.
- UrnaA tuft of hair between the brows, one of the Buddhist 32 marks of a great man.
- TalaThe length of the face, from hairline to chin, used by image-making texts such as Manasara to measure a figure. A living adult is about nine to ten talas tall.
- UshnishaThe rounded crown of Buddha images, one of the Buddhist 32 marks. The Hindu texts praise a head shaped like a parasol (chhatra).
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What does Lalata rekha mean in Samudrika Shastra?
The lines across the forehead, which the texts count and link to fortune. They deepen with age and expression, and lifespan is never read from them. The texts praise a broad, high forehead and count the lines across it, linking their number to fortune and even lifespan. In Europe, Cardano's Metoposcopia (1658) read forehead lines by the planets. Lifespan is never read from them.
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