The World of Courtesans c9.48

c9.48

Another kind of dance is mentioned where they kept time with water clocks and in which a prince acted as an assessor. It is said that two dancing girls Hiranna and Suvanna gave a dance recital in which Samba acted as an assessor. He came to the garden and sat before the performers. Then Hiranna danced keeping time with the water clock (*nalikagalaya*). When this "water test" (*udaka-* *parikkha*) was over, Suvanna performed thirty-two kinds of dances. In the end the winner was bathed in the water that still remained in the mechanism of the water clock.