Also called: eight auspicious symbols · Digambara and Śvetāmbara eight

Where on the hand: Iconographic — on the body of a Tīrthaṅkara and in Jain temple art; the individual members recur constantly as palm-marks.

What it looks like: Eight distinct line-emblems: a swastika, a four-lobed śrīvatsa knot, a labyrinthine nandyāvarta, a waisted powder-flask, a low wide throne, a full pot, a handled mirror, and a facing pair of fish.

Both the Digambara and Śvetāmbara traditions give eight auspicious symbols, which recur constantly in the palmistry lists. Jain doctrine additionally holds that a Tīrthaṅkara's body carries 1008 auspicious marks (lakṣaṇa), of which the aṣṭamaṅgala are the eight most conspicuous.

Read with care: Precision: the eight given here are the Śvetāmbara-standard set. The Digambara list differs: chatra, dhvaja, kalaśa, cāmara, darpaṇa, vyajana, vardhamānaka, supratiṣṭha.