[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) › c7.9 # The World of Courtesans c7.9 The World of Courtesans c7.9 - **Language:** English ### [c7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c7.9) A \*pratiganika\* was a substitute prostitute employed on a short-term contract during the absence of a \*ganika\* but she could become a full fledged \*ganika\* in the future But as long as she remained a mere substitute, she received only half of the salary of the \*ganika\* whom she substituted The very appointment of a \*pratiganika\* shows the inexorable ways of the state so far as the revenue-making machinery was concerned. As the state-employed courtesans paid a respectable amount in the form of revenue, the machinery organized for the work of such a profession had always to be kept in proper order. - [Previous: c7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c7.8) - [Next: c7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c7.10) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c7.9) · Pramāṇa