[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.5154 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.5154 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.5154 - **Language:** English ### [c9.5154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5154) After completing his education on the wiles and tricks of prostitutes, he was sent by his father to start a trade with a capital of five crores of Niṣkas. Īśvaravarmā and his friend Arthadatta on their way, stopped at a park on the outskirts of the city of Kāñcanapura. There he fell a victim to the bewitching charms of a prostitute named Sundarī. He spent the lion's share of the money given by his father, on her. On the advice of his friend Arthadatta he was about to leave the place when Sundarī pretended to be in danger of falling into a well and asked for his help. Īśvaravarmā was again caught in her trap and he was forced to spend the rest of his money also on her. When he was rendered penniless the prostitute and her mother deserted him. - [Previous: c9.5153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5153) - [Next: c9.5155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5155) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5154) · Pramāṇa