This Sanskrit manuscript, titled *Hastasaṃjīvanasiddhānta* (The Doctrine of the Reviving Hand), presents a comprehensive treatise on Indian palmistry (hasta-lakṣaṇa) and physiognomy, composed under the patronage of Rājā Mādhavarāo Vināyaka Peśve. The text uniquely integrates Jaina religious frameworks—invoking Tīrthaṅkaras such as Śrī Nābheya and Śrī Pārśva—with traditional Hindu cosmological elements, demonstrating the syncretic scholarly traditions of 18th-century Maharashtra. Its systematic exposition covers tripartite methods of hand knowledge (darśana, sparśana, rekhāvimarśana), the sacred topography of the palm as a microcosmic pilgrimage site (brahma-tīrtha, pitṛ-tīrtha, deva-tīrtha), and the esoteric deployment of mantric syllables (oṃ, hrīṃ, klīṃ) upon the five fingers, thereby positioning chiromancy within ritual praxis and soteriological aspiration.
