The World of Courtesans c8.4

c8.4

Adoration to the Arhat Vardhamana. The daughter of the matron (*araye*) courtesan Lonashobhika (Lavanashobhika), the disciple of the Jain ascetics, the opulent (*vasuye*) Nanda has erected a shrine of the Arhat, a hall of homage (*ayagasabha*), a cistern and a stone slab at the sanctuary of the Nigrantha Arhats, together with her mother, her daughter, her son and her whole household in honour of the Arhats.