Social Life in Ancient India: Studies in Vatsyayana's Kamasutra c7.61
Social Life in Ancient India: Studies in Vātsyāyana's Kāmasūtra c7.61
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The A ś v ā d h y a k ṣ a or the Master of the horse is also referred to in another connection.³ Two female officers, the K a ñ c u k i y ā, the female overseer of the women's apartments and the M a h a t- t a r i k ā are mentioned by Vātsyāyana as employed in the harems of kings.⁴ They are employed by the queens in sending messages accompanied by various presents to the king.⁵ In the dramas we generally find male officers of advanced years employed as the Kañcukin or Chamberlain, but here a woman is found to be so appointed.