The World of Courtesans c12.37

c12.37

The second story illustrates "Magenta love". It is said that Vikramsimha a prince of Tamralipti fell in love with a beautiful courtesan named Malatika, daughter of Ekadamshtra She was at that time the mistress of a merchant. The prince sent to her his friend with a message of love, but Malatika promised to meet him later on as she could not break the contract with the merchant. Later on the meeting took place and she received a lot of gifts from him but as she gave him offence, his love for her waned gradually.