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# The World of Courtesans c11.124

The World of Courtesans c11.124

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### [c11.124](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c11.124)

The tenth class of love is based on flowers, fruit, wine, insects, diseases etc "Flower love" is momentary and bright, Kumbha or "Pitcher love" wants to be joined with the lover. "Orange love" is sweet within but bitter without and "Pomegranate love" is diversified in its kind. "Wine love" is intoxicating while "Leper love" is disgusting. "Funeral pyre love" burns ceaselessly. "Black bee love" is inquisitive, while "Moth love" hovers round the lamp of a woman's love "Scorpion love" is troublesome while "Fever love" leads to fasting.

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