In this painting according to Keshav Das women are classified into four types: the Lotus (Padmini),the Variegate, the Conch-like and Elephant-like Padmini is a beautiful Nayika, emitting the fragrance of the lotus from her body, modest affectionate and generous, slim, free from anger, and with no great fondness for love-sports. Bashful, intelligent, cheerful, clean and soft-skinned, she loves clean and beautiful clothes. She has a golden complexion.
“Shedding flowers from her smile, she is sensitive to tender emotions and knows well the art of love. She is to be preferred to all pannagis, Nagis, Asuris and Suris. All the affection which the people of Vraja bestow on her is in fact too meager. Thousands of fond desires hover round her like bees. Such indeed is Radha, that unique divine champaks bud fashioned by the Creator.”
