The World of Courtesans c7.7

c7.7

Kautilya uses the words *ganika*, *pratiganika*, *rupajiva*, *veshya*, *dasi*, *devadasi*, *pumshchali*, *shilpakarika*, *kaushikastri*, and *rupadasi* for courtesans and prostitutes; perhaps the words *adasi*, *avaruddha*, *kritavarodha*, *duhitrika* and *kumari* are also used in the same sense.