The World of Courtesans c11.96

c11.96

After this incident, Kankali settled at Pratapapura (now Tapar) as the mistress of a feudal chief. She began to thrive on meat and rich foods. She assumed control of his wealth and instigated her lover to fight with his relatives. When the lover was found dead in his father's grounds, she became the mistress (*avarodhita*) of his brother. Her beauty was on the wane and she took recourse to magic and sorcery to bind her lover under her spell. By a diet of fish soup, *ghee*, and onions she reawakened his sex appetite. When the lover incurred the displeasure of the king she left his house.