[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) › c10.26 # The World of Courtesans c10.26 The World of Courtesans c10.26 - **Language:** English ### [c10.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.26) Petted in a stranger's court, Fed on strangers' food, Strangers' money makes us sport— Not so very good. Stranger women gave us birth, Stranger men begot; Baby elephants in mirth, We're a bastard lot. (Ryder, \*IV. 28.\*) - [Previous: c10.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.25) - [Next: c10.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.27) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mṛcchakaṭika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.prakarana.mrcchakatika) — Śūdraka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.26) · Pramāṇa