Also called: Magarmachh · crocodile · makara

Where on the hand: Palm surface.

What it looks like: A long, low, narrow body-line with a distinctly elongated tapering snout at one end — open, as two diverging lines forming jaws — and a thick tail at the other; short leg-strokes low on the body. The mythic makara form adds a curled elephantine trunk to the snout.

Extremely wealthy and courageous. Bṛhat Saṃhitā 68 gives crocodile, flag and cow-shed together as meaning the person will be very rich. As Gaṅgā's and Varuṇa's vehicle and the emblem of Kāmadeva, the makara also carries water-wealth and desire-fulfilment.