[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) › c8.63 # The World of Courtesans c8.63 The World of Courtesans c8.63 - **Language:** English ### [c8.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.63) \*Shukasarıkapralapa:\* Teaching human speech to parrots and mynas; this was a common form of amusement in ancient India Aelian, writing about parrots says "There are, I am told, three kinds of them. All of them, however, if taught like children, become like them able to talk and utter words of human speech." - [Previous: c8.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.62) - [Next: c8.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.64) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.63) · Pramāṇa