- Making figures and images in clay
A public woman, endowed with a good disposition, beauty and other winning qualities, and also versed
in the above arts, obtains the name of a Ganika, or public woman of high quality, and receives a seat
of honour in an assemblage of men. She is, moreover, always respected by the king, and praised by
learned men, and her favour being sought for by all, she becomes an object of universal regard. The
daughter of a king too as well as the daughter of a minister, being learned in the above arts, can make
their husbands favourable to them, even though these may have thousands of other wives besides themselves.
And in the same manner, if a wife becomes separated from her husband, and falls into distress, she
can support herself easily, even in a foreign country, by means of her knowledge of these arts. Even
the bare knowledge of them gives attractiveness to a woman, though the practice of them may be only
possible or otherwise according to the circumstances of each case. A man who is versed in these arts,
who is loquacious and acquainted with the arts of gallantry, gains very soon the hearts of women, even
though he is only acquainted with them for a short time.
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