[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) › c8.4 # The World of Courtesans c8.4 The World of Courtesans c8.4 - **Language:** English ### [c8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.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. - [Previous: c8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.3) - [Next: c8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.5) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.4) · Pramāṇa