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The **Ivani-Abhigamsutra** describes the physical characteristics of women in the following way:
Their limbs are slender at the bottom, like the tail of a serpent, round, equal in size, and joined together at their joints. They are graceful, extremely desirable, and beautiful. Their nails are copper-colored. Their palms are fleshy, their fingers strong, soft, and excellent. The lines on their hands are smooth. Their hands have distinct and well-formed lines representing the Sun, Moon, Conch, Wheel, and Swastika. Their chest and abdomen are full and prominent. Their cheeks are plump, their necks are four finger-breadths long and resemble a beautiful conch. Their chins are fleshy, beautifully shaped, and auspicious. Their lower lip is red like a pomegranate flower, bright, strong, and slightly full, making it look good. Their upper lip is beautiful. Their teeth are white like curd, water droplets, the moon, tubers, and spring buds, and are without any holes. Their palate and tongue are red like a lotus leaf, soft, and delicate. Their nose is straight, prominent, upright, and sharp like a Nerium flower bud. Their eyes are beautiful, with some white, some red, and some dark shades, like the open petals of a lotus in autumn and a blue lotus blooming in moonlight, and are marked with black pupils in the middle. Their eyes are fringed with eyelashes, lively, long reaching to the ears, and slightly reddish (copper-colored). Their eyebrows are slightly curved like a bow, beautiful, black, and of the same size as the clouds, long, well-formed, black, and smooth. Their ears are slightly attached to the head and well-proportioned. Their cheeks (the area between the cheek and ear) are fleshy, smooth, and pleasing. Their forehead is square, broad, and flat. Their face is pure and full like the moon on Kartik Purnima. Their head is elevated like an umbrella. Their hair is curly, smooth, and long.
They possess the following thirty-two auspicious marks: 1. Umbrella, 2. Flag, 3. Dice, 4. Stupa, 5. Garland, 6. Water Pot, 7. Pitcher, 8. Well, 9. Swastika, 10. Banner, 11. Barley, 12. Fish, 13. Pitcher, 14. Excellent Chariot, 15. Makara (mythical sea creature), 16. Parrot's Perch, 17. Goad, 18. Eight-legged Spider, 19. Well-established Foundation, 20. Peacock, 21. Garland, 22. Elephants Bathing Lakshmi, 23. Torana (archway), 24. King of the Earth, 25. Ocean, 26. House, 27. Palace, 28. Mirror, 29. Beautiful Elephant, 30. Bull, 31. Lion, and 32. Fly Whisk.
These women of the Ekavruk Island walk like swans. They have sweet voices and tones like the cuckoo, are charming, and loved by all. Their bodies do not wrinkle, and their hair does not turn white. They are free from deformities, discolouration, diseases, misfortune, and sorrow. They are slightly shorter than men. They are naturally adorned and wear excellent clothes. They are skilled in graceful walking, laughter, speech, gestures, elegance, conversation, and proper treatment and behaviour. Their breasts, hips, face, hands, feet, and eyes are very beautiful. They are beautiful in complexion, graceful, youthful, and elegant. They are as wondrous to behold as the Apsaras who roam in Nandana Van (heavenly garden). These women bring joy to the beholder, are beautiful, attractive, and exemplary.