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The Indian <strong>Police</strong> JournalKrishna is sent <strong>by</strong> the P<strong>and</strong>avas to the Kauravas, if possible tobring peace about, Duryodhana arranged for rest houses with women<strong>and</strong> other needful comforts <strong>and</strong> provided for him. Everywhere on hisroad, Dhritraastra also gave order: “My sons <strong>and</strong> gr<strong>and</strong>sons, exceptDuryodhana, shall all drive to meet Janardana in splendid chariots, <strong>and</strong>to meet the most high Kesava. And, all lovely maidens, too, who wishto go forth from the city to behold Janardana, may go unhinderd.” 74In the similar way, Krishna, when he comes back to Dvaraka 75 , inamong other things, he is given a festal welcome <strong>by</strong> the servants <strong>of</strong>love, driving in chariots, <strong>and</strong> the Abbe Dubois, moreover, tells us that“ordinary politeness requires that when persons <strong>of</strong> any destinationmake formal visits to each other, they must be accompanied <strong>by</strong> acertain number <strong>of</strong> these courtesans”.Ancient laws say that “prostitutes’ ornaments, being the tools <strong>of</strong> theiris taken from them”. 76 Agnipurana says 77 , “If a prostitute has promisedherself to a man <strong>and</strong> then goes to another, then she must restore tothe injured one double the amount he has put down; <strong>and</strong> furthermore Kautilya condemns her to aneightfold restitution. 78 ganikas in the Mahabharata that evenheroes in their military camps had not to feel themselves destitutedue to presence <strong>of</strong> the b<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> “fair-decked (Chamatkaritah), fair-clad(Vastravatyah), scented (Sug<strong>and</strong>hah), pleasing (Avivatsyah), happy(Sukhinyah), pleasure-fraught (Vogavatyah), women residences <strong>of</strong> joy(Vesyastriyah), whose glance <strong>and</strong> speech gliding so easily <strong>and</strong> sweetlyalong”. 79 It is also mentioned that when G<strong>and</strong>hari was in pregnancystage, a Vesya was employed to wait upon Dhritrastra. 80There are various myths <strong>and</strong> legends regarding the origin <strong>of</strong> prostitution.The Mahabharata accounts <strong>of</strong> destination <strong>of</strong> the Yadavas <strong>and</strong> Vrsnis 81ends with women <strong>of</strong> these tribes, being abducted <strong>by</strong> barbarian brig<strong>and</strong>s.In the Kuru <strong>and</strong> Panchalinhabited <strong>by</strong> the Madras <strong>and</strong> the Sindhu-Sauviras, the brahamanasages Dalbhya Caikitayana <strong>and</strong> Svetaketu’s nephew Astavakra weresaid to be associated with the teaching <strong>of</strong> erotic in which prostitutionconstitutes a Section. 82 In the Mahabharata 83 <strong>and</strong> the Matsyapurana 84192 January - March, 2013
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