The World of Courtesans c8.199

c8.199

But in spite of all these acts which the courtesans performed in order to simulate a housewife's devotion to her husband it is clear that the chief motive behind most of these acts was to extort money from their lovers. They adopted both natural or lawful means and deliberate artifices to gain their ends. There were many points of views expressed about this. One viewpoint was that a courtesan ought to be satisfied when she had received a little over her stipulated fees, but Vatsyayana was of the view that a lover, if properly tackled, was bound to give double the amount of the stipulated fees.