Also called: Kumbha · कुम्भ · Ghata · घट · Purnakalash · bumpa · बुम्पा · pitcher · urn · pot · water-jar · treasure vase · full pot

Where on the hand: Palm surface; read on the centre of the palm for the strongest effect. The Bṛhat Saṃhitā places kalaśa first in the women's queen-making list.

What it looks like: A closed figure with a narrow neck (two short parallel verticals), a flaring lip (a short horizontal or slightly cupped line across the top), and a swelling rounded belly tapering to a small flat base. The pūrṇakumbha form adds three to five short strokes fanning above the mouth — the mango leaves and coconut.

Fulfilment of all desires — the most consistent reading across every source. Also wealth, guardianship of treasure, religious pilgrimage, victory, the building of temples, respect, and the worship of a chosen deity. Grouped with lotus, plough and conch as one of the four 'marks of greatness' that raise a person of obscure birth to lordship.

Western reading: Mrs. Dale, figs. 17–20, groups the pitcher with hill, wristlet and head of a man.

almost sure to rise to the exalted position of a minister of stateMrs. J. B. Dale, Indian Palmistry, figs. 17–20