[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) › c12.2 # The World of Courtesans c12.2 The World of Courtesans c12.2 - **Language:** English ### [c12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c12.2) THE PATTERN OF life and of the professional conduct of the courtesans and the \*vitas\* was the same in the rest of India as in Kashmir. The activities of the \*goshthis\* went on as before. The number of prostitutes and courtesans had risen considerably and the rakes continued to act as they did in former times. Mediaeval Sanskrit literature provides us with a great deal of material on the general characteristics of the courtesans, their greed for money, their habit of exploiting their clients and the ruses employed to cheat them. We are told of their youth and beauty, their unstable character, and the risk involved in consorting with them. We are told of the ways of procuresses, pimps, barbers and of the \*vitas\* employed by them. - [Previous: c11.161](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c11.161) - [Next: c12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c12.3) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c12.2) · Pramāṇa