[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) › c8.85 # The World of Courtesans c8.85 The World of Courtesans c8.85 - **Language:** English ### [c8.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.85) The knowledge of the arts enumerated above naturally added much to the fame of a cultured person, though it is problematic whether a person, howsoever resourceful he might have been, could acquire even a part of this vast store of different arts. However, some of these arts served as a kind of stock-in-trade of the courtesan. In the words of Vatsyayana: - [Previous: c8.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.84) - [Next: c8.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.86) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c8.85) · Pramāṇa