Auspicious signindianrare
गदा · Gadā
Also called: mace · club · iron club
Where on the hand: Palm surface.
What it looks like: A straight shaft-line terminating at one end in a distinctly bulbous, rounded or ovoid head — a lollipop in outline, with the head about a third the length of the shaft; sometimes with a small ring-line where head meets shaft.
Great courage, charisma, authority; command of armies; the power to enforce. Classically named among the marks conferring the status of an uttama puruṣa — superior person and master of all — when found with conch, sword, goad, bow or arrow.
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