Her neck should be
large and round, resembling the berrigodea. Her chest should be
capacious; her breasts, firm and conical, like the yellow
cocoa-nut, and her waist small--almost small enough to be clasped
by the hand. Her hips should be wide; her limbs tapering; the
soles of her feet, without any hollow, and the surface of her
body in general soft, delicate, smooth, and rounded, without the
asperities of projecting bones and sinews." (J. Davy, _An
Account of the Interior of Ceylon_, 1821, p. 110.)
The "Padmini," or lotus-woman, is described by Hindu writers as
the type of most perfect feminine beauty. "She in whom the
following signs and symptoms appear is called a _Padmini_: Her
face is pleasing as the full moon; her body, well clothed with
flesh, is as soft as the Shiras or mustard flower; her skin is
fine, tender, and fair as the yellow lotus, never dark colored.
Her eyes are bright and beautiful as the orbs of the fawn, well
cut, and with reddish corners. Her bosom is hard, full, and high;
she; has a good neck; her nose is straight and lovely; and three
folds or wrinkles cross her middle--about the umbilical region.
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