[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) › c13.47 # The World of Courtesans c13.47 The World of Courtesans c13.47 - **Language:** English ### [c13.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c13.47) There the king met the keepers of prostitutes (\*bhujangas\*) and rakes from different parts of the country. They wore the distinctive costumes of their lands. One class wore white earrings and creased white garments (\*tungabhanji samanoitam\*). To their white tunics (\*angika\*) were attached knives. Some wore chaplets and held daggers in their hands and were clad in strange costumes. Their foreheads were marked with a conch-shaped \*tilaka\*. Some wore doublets (\*varahana\*) and held knife-shaped sticks. Some were equipped with swords and shields and guarded the houses of the courtesans. One of them wore a green jacket (\*kurpasaka\*). He had covered his hair with a green scarf and was wielding a knife. A young man in white wore ornaments. He was followed by swordsmen. A \*vita\* wearing a saffron tunic (\*angika\*) and equipped with a knife walked with a following of swaggering companions. Another man came there mounted on a horse. He wore a tunic and a chaplet in his top-knot. He was decked in ornaments and was accompanied by seven or eight attendants. These well dressed \*vitas\* from Karnataka walked haughtily with upraised heads. - [Previous: c13.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c13.46) - [Next: c13.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c13.48) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c13.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c13.47) · Pramāṇa