[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927) › v2.c19.s2.41 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s2.41 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s2.41 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s2.41) The town of Rājagaha vies with the great city of Vesālī in renown and splendour. The magnificence of the latter is not a little enhanced by the famous courtesan Ambapālī, who demands fifty florins for one night. In order to make Rājagaha, too, as flourishing as Vesālī, the beautiful and well-educated Sālavatī is installed there as courtesan at the command of the king and she demands a hundred florins for one night. She becomes pregnant, but on account of her profession keeps her pregnancy secret and after she has given birth to a child, she has it turned adrift in a little basket. The child is found by Prince Abhaya, who has it brought up and gives it the name of Jīvaka. - [Previous: v2.c19.s2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s2.40) - [Next: v2.c19.s2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s2.42) - [Up: v2.c19.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s2.41) · Pramāṇa