The World of Courtesans c5.11

c5.11

The *Indriya Jataka*, mentions of courtesans sitting along the banks of a river in which many men bathed. The *Atthana Jataka* relates how a courtesan charged a thousand pieces a day from a merchant. One day he forgot to bring her fees and was driven away by her maids. Shocked at this kind of treatment from her, he turned an ascetic. When the king learnt this, he ordered her to bring him back. She entreated him but he refused to return.