The World of Courtesans c10.228

c10.228

A little further he happens to see the Grecian courtesan Karpuraturistha. She is the mistress of one Varahadasa. She has the wine cup in her three fingers and raises it to the sky; with the other hand she touches her crescent-shaped earring which casts its reflection on the cheek. That girl with the red hair and light eyes watches her reflections in the wine cup and seeks to wipe away the red of her wine-flushed cheeks believing it to be lac-dye. The Vita's opinion is that a Yavani and a courtesan, a female monkey and a danseuse, a man from Malwa and a libertine, a musician and an ass are all of one tribe. This woman is known to the Vita, but he does not wish to talk to her for her language was full of unknown and whistling consonants. She talks like a monkey and gesticulates all the time