[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) › c4.47 # The World of Courtesans c4.47 The World of Courtesans c4.47 - **Language:** English ### [c4.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c4.47) But the lawgivers did not all denounce the courtesans and prostitutes. They had to recognize their social status and provide them a certain degree of security. \*Yaj.\* II. 290 classifies concubines into two categories—\*avaruddha\* (one who is kept in the house and forbidden to have intercourse with any other male) and \*bhujishya\* (one who is not kept in the house but elsewhere and is in the special keeping of a person). If any other person had intercourse with them, he was to be fined fifty panas. - [Previous: c4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c4.46) - [Next: c4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c4.48) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c4) ## Linked texts (1) - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.2.290) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c4.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c4.47) · Pramāṇa