VAISIKASUTRA COURTESANS IN THE ANCIENT INDIA
By Santosh Ghosh
The Vaiskhasutra on Courtesans in old India, current anything delightfully normal and captivating within Hothouse of Sanskrit belles-letters. Herein every one tale makes an attempt to depict the existence and elegance of Courtesans as complete. This advance emotion has encouraged the tales during this type of precise booklet, the place readers will locate reflections in their personal feeling recommendations and attitudes not just Courtesan, but additionally their male companion, their personality, features and recognition inscribe.
As such the significance of those tales from the viewpoint of Hindu social heritage in quite a few a part of India is mammoth. Also they are extremely important files from the literary element. As well as delivering facts of the decadence of Hindu society. Those poignant, exciting, appealing, comical and gesture of fascinating Courtesans tales telling by means of maximum old Buddha- Jaina commentator, Sanskrit poet, dramatist, writers of all time, will certainly depart redars brain with memorable, lingering contact of romance.
This book is assessed into seven chapters. The first actual bankruptcy : Ascetics and Courtesans by way of Jan Gonda Incorporated ‘ The Canter of Somaveda and Courtesan’, moment bankruptcy : Jataka : Tales of Courtesans. Third bankruptcy : Kamma Katha Sagara. Whereas Fourth bankruptcy offers : Caturbhani ( Four Play ) integrated Ubhayabhisarika ( The Mutual Elopment ) of Vararuci, Padmaprabhrtaka ( The Lotus Reward ) of Sudraka. Padatatadiaka ( The Kick ) of Syamilaka. Dhurta-Vita-Samvada ( Message from a Claver Vita ) of Ishvaradatta. Fifth bankruptcy : Kuttanimahatmyam of Damodaragupta. Sixth bankruptcy : Srinagamanjuri of Raja Bhojdeva. And the final bankruptcy : Courtesan in Bombay of K. Raghunathji.
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