[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) › c4.54 # The World of Courtesans c4.54 The World of Courtesans c4.54 - **Language:** English ### [c4.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c4.54) \*Samaja\* elsewhere (H.V. II. 85, 71-72) indicates a grand feast accompanied by wrestling matches. Thus Krishna held a \*samaja\* in honour of Bilvodakeshvara in which meat, savouries and sweets were served, and after the feast there was a wrestling match. In Buddhist literature it is mentioned that \*samajas\* were held on the top of a mountain. Animal sacrifice, partaking of food and drink and a great deal of merry-making were prominent features of the \*samaja\*. In the \*H.V\* II. 17, 10 Krishna in order to celebrate the Giriyajna, asked the \*gopas\* to prepare food and drink and arrange for large pots of meat and sweets. A three-day holiday was declared and the cattle to be slaughtered were brought forward The \*gopas\* and \*gopis\*, in a spirit of merry-making, consumed large quantities of food and then worshipped the mountain with perfumes, flowers and incense. - [Previous: c4.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c4.53) - [Next: c4.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c4.55) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c4) ## Linked texts (1) - [Harivaṃśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.2.17) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c4.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c4.54) · Pramāṇa