Also called: Yavmala · Barley garland · Chained bracelet

Where on the hand: Along a *manibandh* (bracelet) line at the wrist, most often the topmost one.

What it looks like: A chain of small barley-shaped islands strung one after another along the bracelet, like beads on a thread — each a pointed oval formed where the line splits and rejoins.

In Hindu palmistry this is read as very auspicious: wealth, fame, spiritual strength and interconnectedness. It is the *yava* mark multiplied along a line.

Western reading: Western sources read the identical chaining as weakness of the constitution.

Read with care: This is one of the clearest doctrinal conflicts in the whole tradition. Present both readings; do not reconcile them.