[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) › c4.13 # The World of Courtesans c4.13 The World of Courtesans c4.13 - **Language:** English ### [c4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c4.13) The \*Rig Veda\* mentions the present of slave girls to \*rishis\* by kings. Trasadasyu is said to have given to Sobhari-Kanva fifty such brides. Along with the gift of cattle, \*vadhu\* (bride) slaves were included, while chariots are described as full of slave girls. Their number did not decrease in the \*Brahmana\* and \*Upanishadic\* periods, for the \*Shatapatha Brahmana\* speaks of 400 maids (\*anuchari\*) and in the \*Upanishads\* the king is said to have been attended by five hundred women carrying perfumed powder, etc. - [Previous: c4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c4.12) - [Next: c4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c4.14) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c4) ## Linked texts (2) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c4.13) · Pramāṇa