[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) › c8.214 # The World of Courtesans c8.214 The World of Courtesans c8.214 - **Language:** English ### [c8.214](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.214) Though the courtesan naturally preferred to live with one lover, she was sometimes employed by a \*goshthi\* of the \*vitas\* and there she was known as \*goshthiparigrihita\*. This courtesan, who was employed by a number of persons (who observed no established rules) aroused a spirit of rivalry between them and this enabled her to extract money from each of them. She sent a message through her mother to a particular lover informing him that she would meet him on the day of the spring festival and thus kept him pleased. - [Previous: c8.213](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.213) - [Next: c8.215](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.215) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.214](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.214) · Pramāṇa