[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) › c8.73 # The World of Courtesans c8.73 The World of Courtesans c8.73 - **Language:** English ### [c8.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.73) \*Manasi-avyakriya\* (thoughtful expression)· It is divided into two classes, visible and invisible. In the first category come meaningless couplets full of consonants composed in the padmabandha style As opposed to this, in the second category the opposite party after hearing wrong verses corrected them and recited them again These arts were for amusement or disputation. - [Previous: c8.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.72) - [Next: c8.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.74) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.73) · Pramāṇa