The World of Courtesans c5.7

c5.7

In order to understand the position of those courtesans who practised their profession independently of the royal court the references in the *Jatakas* to their mode of life are of some interest In the *Muhasara Jataka* the chief musician is supposed to have received a stolen necklace from the royal chaplain and handed it over to a courtesan as a present.