[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) › c11.145 # The World of Courtesans c11.145 The World of Courtesans c11.145 - **Language:** English ### [c11.145](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c11.145) "Kalavati stares intently at the envoy of the Malava ruler. He wears a jasmine garland and his cut and patched nose proclaim his dissolute life. The bawd Kankali espies Ranka, the son of a rich merchant. He has been brought here by some of his good-for-nothing neighbours. The bawd asserts that a merchant's son, whose face is covered with the stains of \*pan\*, whose glance moves uncertainly here and there and whose red shoes creak while he walks, such a simpleton is the right sort of prey for prostitutes.' At once Kankali asks the barber to invite him to Kalavati's house - [Previous: c11.144](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c11.144) - [Next: c11.146](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c11.146) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c11.145](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c11.145) · Pramāṇa