[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) › c13.13 # The World of Courtesans c13.13 The World of Courtesans c13.13 - **Language:** English ### [c13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c13.13) In the cold season, modest courtesans and their lovers painted their chests with fragrant pastes, fumigated themselves with incense smoke and closed the latticed windows of their lofty houses. In the season of early dew the lovers sat on terraces to receive the warmth of the rising sun. - [Previous: c13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c13.12) - [Next: c13.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c13.14) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c13.13) · Pramāṇa