The World of Courtesans c4.14

c4.14

It is not definitely stated in Vedic literature whether slave women were classed with prostitutes as such, but there are instances where slave girls were forced to lead a life of shame and did not mind offering love in exchange for money. In a sense, some of them could be classed as demimonde. In later literature, the term *dasi* came to indicate a low class of prostitutes.