Lanchhana (birthmark)
A birthmark, read in old books in the same spirit as touch omens. Studied as history.
- Samudrika Shastra
- हिंदी: लांछन
What is the rule behind Lanchhana?
Angavidya read omens from the part of the body a person touched while asking a question; Brihat Samhita gives it a chapter and the Jain Angavijja a whole book. It is studied as a historical practice.
Source: Brihat Samhita; Angavijja
Where can you learn about Lanchhana?
Lanchhana is taught in RishiSetu’s Samudrika Shastra course, inside the app, one idea at a time with practice after each.
Related terms
- AngavidyaThe old practice of reading omens from the part of the body a person touched while asking a question. Brihat Samhita gives it a chapter and the Jain Angavijja a whole book. Studied as history.
- 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.
- 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.
- Pancha MahapurushaFive great types of person in Brihat Samhita, each tied to a graha: Ruchaka, Bhadra, Hamsa, Malavya and Shasha. They are ideal portraits; no person is a type.
- 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.
- RuchakaThe great type tied to Mars. In Jyotish, Ruchaka yoga is Mars in its own or exaltation sign in a kendra from the Lagna.
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What does Lanchhana mean in Samudrika Shastra?
A birthmark, read in old books in the same spirit as touch omens. Studied as history. Angavidya read omens from the part of the body a person touched while asking a question; Brihat Samhita gives it a chapter and the Jain Angavijja a whole book. It is studied as a historical practice.
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