The World of Courtesans c11.106

c11.106

In the course of her adventures Kankalı received money from many merchants She spoke of a pilgrimage to Kedara, Gaya and Varanasi on their behalf She pledged to them all the merit accruing from such visits She sold at cost price to her disciples ordinary beads from China and made out that they were real rudraksha beads. She also said that she had the power to enter the nether world She received money from credulous fools, and threw them into blind wells She pretended to be a doctor with a knowledge of poisons and their action She tied necklaces of smooth beozar stones around the necks of her patients. At all the custom-houses she managed to give officers the ship by offering them a flower which deadened their senses