[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) › c10.174 # The World of Courtesans c10.174 The World of Courtesans c10.174 - **Language:** English ### [c10.174](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.174) "How could he be a \*vita\* then? He lost his fingers in brawls in the \*veshas\* of eastern Avanti. In Padampura his enemies planted arrows in his thigh bone. In Vidisha, an arrow shot from a mechanical bow lopped off his arm and even now he pays enormous sums to doctors for aphrodisiacs." - [Previous: c10.173](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.173) - [Next: c10.175](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.175) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.174](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.174) · Pramāṇa