VR’s Collection

List of Works on Palmistry, Physiognomy etc.

23^rd March 1956.

Pr. V. Raghavan, M.A., Ph.D.,
Professor of Sanskrit.

Dear Sri Ojha,

With reference to your letter of the 19^th instant for information about Sanskrit books available on palmistry, physiognomy etc., I am giving below a list of such works which you might find useful.

Yours Sincerely,

Sri Gopesh Kumar Ojha, M.A., LL.B.,
Editor,
Indian States,
93, Daryaganj,
DELHI.

List of works on Palmistry, Physiognomy etc.

1. Karalakkhaṇa in Prākṛt. (Available with Motilal Banarsi Das, Banaras)
2. Bṛhat Samhita, ch.68 Puruṣalakṣaṇam. Ch.69 Pañcamahā Puruṣalakṣaṇa, ch. 70 Strīlakṣaṇa. Ed. With Vivṛti of Bhaṭṭotpala Vizianagar Sanskrit Series.

Trans. by N. Chidambara Iyer, Madura, 1884, 1885.

Trans. by H. Kern J.R.A.S. (NS) 4-7 (1870 – 75)

“           “          “          issued with sep. pagination

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• Bhadrabāhusamhita Ed. A.S. Gopani, Singhi Jain Series, Bombay, 1949.
• Atha Sāmudrikāprārambhaḥ with Preface and Translation in Marathi. Poona 1882.
• Sāmudrikā Saṭīka Dialogue between Śivā and Pārvatī on Strīpuruṣalakṣaṇa, Lucknow, 1867. Ed. by Pt. Pyarilal and Ramaratna.
• Sāmudrikā (Palmistry alone) with Hindi com. Venkatesvara Steam Press, Bombay.
• Sāmudrikā (available at Motilal Banarsidas) Banaras. Rs. 2/10/-
• Samudkṛta – Bhāṣā Ṭīkā (available at Motilal Banarsidas) As. 8
• Sāmudrikājyotiṣa (Available at Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras. Rs. 3/8/-
• Sāmudrikārahasya with Bhāṣā Ṭīkā (Available at Motilal Banarsidas) Banaras. Rs. 3/-
• Sāmudrikā Śāstra with Hindi translation by Pt. Śaktidhara, Lucknow.
• Sāmudrikā Śāstra – Bhāṣā Ṭīkā, Bombay (Available at Motilal Banarsidas, Banaras) Rs. 3/8/-
• Sāmudrikā Śāstra by Rādhakṛṣṇa Miśra with Hindi Ṭīkā, Venkateswara Press, Bombay.
• Sāmudrikasudhā, Muradabad.
• Skandaśārīraka. Trivandrum Sanskrit Series, 137
  Trivandrum 1938. (Available from the Superintendent, Government Press, Trivandrum)
• Hastaparīkṣā, Ratlam (Available at Motilal Banarsidas, Rs. 6/8/-
• Hastavicāra compiled by Kasirama Sarman, Sevaka Steam Press, Ludhiana 1983 (in A.D. 1926)
• Hastasañjīvana by Meghavijaya Gani.
  (1) Pūrvācārya – Viracitam Hasta – Sañjīvanam. Muni Sri Mohanalalji Jaina Granthamālā
  No. 4, Hanuman Press, Poona. Saka 1982 (A.D. 19… – 192…)
  
  With Commentary. Sāmudrikālaharī

ŚrīMeghavijaya Gani Vinirmitam Śrī Hasta Sañjīvanam, Sāmudrikālaharyākhyā Vyākhyayā Vibhūṣitam (Sañkṣīpa Hind bhāṣānuvāda Sahitam. Pratipa Muninā Saṁśodhitam)

Muni Śrī Mohanlalaji Jaina Granthamālā
No. 8, Hanuman Press, Poona, A.D. 1930.

3. With Commentary. Sāmudrikālaharī

With Hindi translation Indore     Rs. 3/-

1. Hastasāmudrikā Śāstra attributed to Prahlāda

Sāmudrikā Śāstra (Marathi Bhāṣānuvāda Sameta) Prahlāda Praṇītā Hastasāmudrikā 1890
Ed. Prabhakara Balaji Ogale.