[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) › c6.87 # The World of Courtesans c6.87 The World of Courtesans c6.87 - **Language:** English ### [c6.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c6.87) A study of this list of seventy-two arts leaves one wondering whether the courtesans could ever master these arts and in particular those with which they had nothing to do and which came strictly within the purview of masculine skills. The proficiency of the courtesans in seventy-two arts is, therefore, a mere convention and is merely intended to indicate that they were highly cultured. Of the seventy-two arts, only writing or painting, sculpture, dancing and singing, playing on various kinds of musical instruments, gambling of several kinds, cooking and brewing drinks, proficiency in certain forms of literary composition, knowledge of men and women, making of ornaments and cutting designs from leaves and perhaps a few more could have been studied by the courtesans to increase their professional prestige. - [Previous: c6.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c6.86) - [Next: c7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c7.2) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c6.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c6.87) · Pramāṇa