The World of Courtesans c10.172

c10.172

Madhava then names certain prominent people among whom appear Daseraka Rudravarman, the doctor Harisnchandra, Indravarman, the ruler of the Konkan and others. When he asked whether Dayitavishnu, a poet and one of the generals of the king, came in the category of *vitas*, the Vita answers in affirmative. But Madhava questions him, "How could a man who feels uncomfortable when the king favours him, who is equally pleased while he is wide awake or asleep, he whose clothes are automatically fumigated with incense while he is worshipping God and whose temples and knees are hardened with triple scars be called a vita?"