[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) › c10.4 # The World of Courtesans c10.4 The World of Courtesans c10.4 - **Language:** English ### [c10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.4) The scene suddenly changes. On the road there appears the great courtesan, Vasantasena, followed by a courtier, Samsthanaka (Shakara), and by a servant. The courtier asks her to stop and to shed her fears. Shakara repeats the request "My tortured heart is burning, as on a heap of coals a piece of meat." The servant follows suit and says that she is fleeing from him "as a summer peahen" and adds, "but my lord and master struts fast and faster, like a woodcock in the wood " The courtier gives a charming description of Vasantasena: - [Previous: c10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.3) - [Next: c10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.5) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.4) · Pramāṇa