[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) › c5.43 # The World of Courtesans c5.43 The World of Courtesans c5.43 - **Language:** English ### [c5.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c5.43) Salavati (\*M.V.\* VIII, 1, 3-4), a beautiful girl of Rajagriha was also installed as a courtesan. She received training in dancing, singing and lute-playing and her fees were fixed at a hundred \*karshapanas\* a night. Once when Salavati was with a child, to safeguard her position she gave out that she was ill. Nobody was allowed to see her. She gave birth to a boy and she asked her maid to abandon him on a dust heap. He was found and reared by Abhaya and later grew up to be the famous physician Jivaka Kumarabhritya. - [Previous: c5.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c5.42) - [Next: c5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c5.44) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahāvagga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.khandhaka.mahavagga) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c5.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c5.43) · Pramāṇa