Part
6 - Chapter 1
OF
THE CAUSES OF A COURTESAN RESORTING TO MEN;
OF THE MEANS OF ATTACHING TO HERSELF THE MAN
DESIRED; AND OF THE KIND OF MAN THAT IT IS
DESIRABLE TO BE ACQUAINTED WITH
By having intercourse with men courtesans
obtain sexual pleasure, as well as their own
maintenance. Now when a courtesan takes up
with a man from love, the action is natural;
but when she resorts to him for the purpose
of getting money, her action is artificial
or forced. Even in the latter case, however,
she should conduct herself as if her love
were indeed natural, because men repose
their confidence on those women who
apparently love them. In making known her
love to the man, she should show an entire
freedom from avarice, and for the sake of
her future credit she should abstain from
acquiring money from him by unlawful means.
A courtesan, well dressed and wearing her
ornaments, should sit or stand at the door
of her house, and, without exposing herself
too much, should look on the public road so
as to be seen by the passers by, she being
like an object on view for sale. She should
form friendships with such persons as would
enable her to separate men from other women,
and attach them to herself, to repair her
own misfortunes, to acquire wealth, and to
protect her from being bullied, or set upon
by persons with whom she may have dealings
of some kind or another.
These
persons are:
*
The guards of the town, or the police
* The officers of the courts of justice
* Astrologers
* Powerful men, or men with interest
* Learned men
* Teachers of the sixty-four arts
* Pithamardas or confidants
* Vitas or parasites
* Vidushakas or jesters
* Flower sellers
* Perfumers
* Vendors of spirits
* Washermen
* Barbers
* Beggars
And
such other persons as may be found necessary
for the particular object to be acquired.
The
following kinds of men may be taken up with,
simply for the purpose of getting their
money:
*
Men of independent income
* Young men
* Men who are free from any ties
* Men who hold places of authority under the
king
* Men who have secured their means of
livelihood without difficulty
* Men possessed of unfailing sources of
income
* Men who consider themselves handsome
* Men who are always praising themselves
* One who is a eunuch, but wishes to be
thought a man
* One who hates his equals One who is
naturally liberal
* One who has influence with the king or his
ministers
* One who is always fortunate
* One who is proud of his wealth
* One who disobeys the orders of his elders
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Swami Veet Chintan T'Zorba-Krsna
Jyotish
Shastracharya
& Vedic Astrologer of India
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