India of One Thousand and One Nights [antikvár]

m ofall things. Eternally. The embrace uniting Parvati and Shiva lasts through milliom JL of years. Lakshmi, wife ofVishnu, the goddess ofbeauty andfortune; she is called the Millionairess. And the god Brahma s mate, Sarasva ti, is the goddess ofspeech, eloquence, knowledge; patroness of art and music, mother ofpoetry| the archetype of Scheherazade. India is women. Servant orprincess, rich orpoor, one spirit moves in all of Indias women. The same femininity inspires the poorest of country women to wearcolors as bright, adornment as sophisticated, jewels as heavy as a queens. Indián woman is beautiful. Hersari wraps her in beauty; golden powders, perfumes, beads add to her allure. Whether svelte as in the cave paintings at Ajanta orvoluptuous as in the carvings at Khajuraho, always she will have jet-black hairflowingdown a body slathered with incense andsandalwood. Always the immense kohl-ringed eyes lightinga moon ofa face. Kverythingthat is beautifid in India is dedicated to women. When Shah Ja haris favorité wife, Mumtaz Mahalófc/, the stricken emperor decided to butid her a memóriái "as beautiful as she wasThe result was the Taj Mahal, an accomplished blend ofMoslem and