[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) › c10.6 # The World of Courtesans c10.6 The World of Courtesans c10.6 - **Language:** English ### [c10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.6) Shakara is apparently a boor He keeps asking Vasantasena to stop. He mixes up his references from mythology and calls her an eater of fishes and a destroyer of her kin. He describes her as snub-nosed, stubborn, a love-box, a courtesan, a wanton creature and a maid of sin. (Ryder, I, 23). - [Previous: c10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.5) - [Next: c10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.7) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.6) · Pramāṇa