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with which they had nothing to do and which came strictly within the purview of masculine skills. The proficiency of the courtesans in seventytwo arts is, therefore, a mere convention and is merely intended to indicate that they were highly cultured. Of the seventy-two arts, only writing or painting, sculpture, dancing and singing, playing on various kinds of musical instruments, gambling of several kinds, cooking and brewing drinks, proficiency in certain forms of literary composition knowledge of men and women, making of ornaments and cutting designs from leaves and perhaps a few more could have been studied by the courtesans to increase their professional prestige.
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