The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c9.106

v1.c9.106

arms of Śakuntalā, is due to the ignorance of the appearance of a banana stem, and therefore calls for no remark. It may, nevertheless, be a matter of enquiry to many Indians if the "network of muscles and sinews" did, or did not, "disappear beneath the veil of soft voluptuousness" on the arms of the Venus de Medici ?