[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) › c7.7 # The World of Courtesans c7.7 The World of Courtesans c7.7 - **Language:** English ### [c7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.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. - [Previous: c7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c7.6) - [Next: c7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c7.8) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c7.7) · Pramāṇa