[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The World of Courtesans](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973) › c10.149 # The World of Courtesans c10.149 The World of Courtesans c10.149 - **Language:** English ### [c10.149](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.149) "It is said that there are trees and houses of gold in heaven. The gods must have accumulated this capital by habitual miserliness. If there are houses and trees of gold in heaven, then how do the women there embellish themselves? What is so special in all this? Will the grace of the women be enhanced by a part broken off from the gold that has gone into building a house there? The pleasures which the women derive from young trees, reared and treasured like their own sons, and yielding flowers for their coiffure, can such pleasures be ever obtained from hard lifeless golden trees?'' This ecstatic outburst of the Vita impresses Vishvalaka and his mistress Sunanda and they honour him in their house. - [Previous: c10.148](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.148) - [Next: c10.150](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.150) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.149](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.149) · Pramāṇa