The World of Courtesans c8.137

c8.137

Although the association with courtesans was condemned by the *sastras*, Vatsyayana states that society attached little stigma to it. A *veshya* was recognized as a kind of *nayika* or heroine. According to one of the early authorities Ghotakamukha, a separate Chapter was composed on the daughters of courtesans and unmarried maid-servants, though Vatsyayana includes them all in the *veshya* class.