The World of Courtesans c10.22

c10.22

In the second court Maitreya sees cart-bullocks, grown fat on mouthfuls of grass and pulse stalks. Their horns are smeared with oil. He sees a snorting buffalo and a ram having his neck rubbed like a prize-fighter after the fight. Naturally the buffalo and the ram are reared for fights. Then he sees horses, their manes being put in shape and a monkey tied securely in a stall. An elephant is eating a cake of rice, drippings and oil.