The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c17.140

v2.c17.140

"So saying the lotus-born Brahmā bowed to the ground, along with the gods, and when he rose he found Śaṁkara in a different from. His face was engaging; he was mild; his resplendence was like that of the autumnal moon; his person was adorned with various ornaments; his head was resplendent under a diadem and a digit of the moon; his eyes shone like the sun on his face which was anointed with saffron and camphor; his lips, resembling *Vimba* fruits (in redness), were adorned with the sweetest smiles; his ears were set of by earrings of gems; his throat bore an indigo colour; his neck was adorned with jewels of gold, gems and pearls; his four heavy and long arms, wearing bracelets, bore a deer, a hatchet, a symbol of a boon, and a sign of encouragement; his broad breast, anointed with sandal paste and camphor, was beautified with wreaths of *Mālatī*, *Campaka*, *Aśoka*, and golden lotus flowers; his waist was adorned with silken cloth and small bells; his thighs shamed plantain trees in tapering rotundity; he was identical with the Supreme Lord; his lotus feet, adorned with small bells, were marked with the eighteen signs of a flag, a thunderbolt, a goad, a goat, a lotus, etc.