[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) › c10.44 # The World of Courtesans c10.44 The World of Courtesans c10.44 - **Language:** English ### [c10.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.44) The authorship of the \*Padmaprabhritakam\* is ascribed to Shudraka and hardly anything more is said about him. But there are reasons which lead one to believe that this is the same Shudraka who wrote the \*Mrichchhakatika\*. The subject of the \*Padmaprabhritakam\* is the love of Muladeva, the famous rue of the literature of the Gupta period, and of Devasena, a celebrated courtesan of Pataliputra. - [Previous: c10.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.43) - [Next: c10.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.45) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10) ## Linked texts (2) - [Mṛcchakaṭika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.prakarana.mrcchakatika) — Śūdraka, Sanskrit - [Padmaprābhṛtaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.caturbhani.padmaprabhrtaka) — Śūdraka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.44) · Pramāṇa