58:1b 'That this story of the birth of Lakshimi is of considerable antiquity is evident from one of her names "*Kshirbdhi-tanay", daughter of the Milky Sea, which is found in "Amarasinha" the most ancient of Indian lexicographers. The similarity to the Greek myth of Venus being born from the foam of the sea is remarkable.'
'In this description of Lakshmi one thing only offends me, that she is said to have four arms. Each of Vishnu's arms, single, as far as the elbow, there branches into two; but Lakshmi in all the brass seals that I possess or remember to have seen has two arms only. Nor does this deformity of redundant limbs suit the pattern of perfect beauty.' Schlegel. I have omitted the offensive epithet.