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Bow

धनुष · dhanush

Also called: Bow and arrow · Archer's bow

Where on the hand: Anywhere on the palm; the classical sources do not fix it to a mount or line.

What it looks like: A curved arc with a straight line across its chord — an archer's bow. Often paired with the arrow (teer).

Classical Indian: Dale gives “spear / bow and arrow — suggests acquiring a throne.” Dhanush appears in the standard list of Samudrik chinha alongside talwār (sword), gadā (mace) and hal (plough) as a martial and royal sign.

On each mount

**Any mount** — no mount-by-mount table exists; the bow's royal reading attaches to the mark itself.
**Martial/royal family of chinha** — it stands with the sword, mace and plough, whose readings are likewise given for the sign rather than the site.
**Compare the spearhead** — paired with the bow in the same classical formula about acquiring a throne.

On each line

**Not a line mark** — the bow is a free-standing figure, not a modification of a line's course.
**Distinguish from a semicircle** — an arc alone, without the chord, is the poorly attested semicircle, not a bow.
**With the arrow** — the arrow alone (teer) is read as excellent communication and achievement through oratory.

Where it is positive

**Everywhere it occurs** — the bow has no negative reading in the sources.
**With the arrow** — the strongest form: acquiring a throne.
**As a martial sign** — capability, decisiveness and royal favour.

Spear / bow and arrow — suggests acquiring a throneMrs. J. B. Dale, Indian Palmistry

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Bow

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On each line

Where it is positive

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