[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) › c8.177 # The World of Courtesans c8.177 The World of Courtesans c8.177 - **Language:** English ### [c8.177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.177) In Chapter V, Section 5 of the \*Kāmasūtra\*, it is ordained that kings and ministers should refrain from illicit love since their conduct was observed and imitated by other people. But human nature being what it is, illicit love was a common affair. Such lovers are divided into two categories. In the first category are included petty officers (\*āyukta\*), the village headman and the son of one who received the ploughshare from the village. Village women of loose morals fell prey to them easily. Such women were engaged on wages for pounding, grinding and cooking, looking after the granaries, cleaning the house, tilling the fields, spinning and weaving, and selling and buying grain. Similarly the superintendent of cattle managed to gain the love of the women employed in cowpens, the superintendent of yarn-spinning gained the love of widows, orphans and nuns. The superintendent of markets had easy access to the women who came to the market to make their purchases and sell their products. - [Previous: c8.176](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.176) - [Next: c8.178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.178) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Kāmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana) — Vātsyāyana Mallanāga, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.177) · Pramāṇa