▁and ▁poem ▁" August ▁Night " ▁wrote , ▁" Your ▁nav el ▁a ▁little ▁pool ▁in ▁pul sing ▁t ide ▁an ▁a ura ▁round ▁your ▁kne es ". ▁ ▁Czech - born ▁writer ▁Milan ▁K und era ▁in ▁his ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁book ▁The ▁Festival ▁of ▁In sign ific ance ▁con ve ys ▁about ▁the ▁er otic ism ▁of ▁exposed ▁female ▁nav els . ▁A lain , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁characters ▁in ▁the ▁book , ▁obser ves ▁to ▁his ▁friend ▁how ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁young ▁women ▁in ▁Paris ▁wear ▁T - sh ir ts ▁or ▁bl ouses ▁that ▁expose ▁their ▁mid r iffs , ▁displaying ▁their ▁nav els ▁for ▁all ▁to ▁see . ▁The ▁nav el ▁has ▁become , ▁in ▁effect , ▁the ▁new ▁loc us ▁of ▁desire . ▁ ▁Robert ▁W . ▁Service ▁in ▁his ▁short ▁poem ▁" Nav els " ▁wrote , ▁" Men ▁have ▁nav els ▁more ▁or ▁less ; .... W oman ' s ▁is ▁a ▁p ear ly ▁ring , .... So ▁dear ▁ladies , ▁recogn ise ▁The ▁dim pling ▁of ▁your ▁wa ist ▁Has ▁appro val ▁in ▁my ▁eyes , F av our ▁in ▁my ▁taste .... .. How ▁a ▁rose bud ▁nav el ▁would ▁Be ▁sweet ▁to ▁kiss !" ▁In ▁An cient ▁Indian ▁S ansk rit ▁literature , ▁writers ▁like ▁Ad i ▁Sh ank ara , ▁K ā l id ā sa ▁etc ., ▁have ▁symbol ized ▁and ▁referred ▁to ▁the ▁nav el ▁while ▁describing ▁the ▁beauty ▁of ▁H indu ▁God d esses .