[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) › c9.48 # The World of Courtesans c9.48 The World of Courtesans c9.48 - **Language:** English ### [c9.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.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. - [Previous: c9.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c9.47) - [Next: c9.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c9.49) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c9.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c9.48) · Pramāṇa