"There are lovely figures [in Khajuraho temples of India] the most beautiful females in numberless gaysome postures: Playing with ball, holding a mirror, writing a letter, waiting on the threshold, removing thorn from the foot, uncovering under intense Kama—passion, bathing, dancing, playing on the flute, and worshipping; their rounded legs, rich marble thighs, thin waist, fully developed rounded and voluptuous breasts and shapely arms present several perfect eras of ideal feminine beauty"
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Manohar Laxman Varadpande in: Woman in Indian Sculpture, Abhinav Publications, 1 January 2006, p. 149
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