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वसति भोग अपहारे भोगम् अष्ट गुणं दद्याद् अन्यत्र व्याधि पुरुष दोषेभ्यः ॥
When, in her own house, a prostitute deprives her paramour of his enjoyment, she shall be fined eight times the amount of the fees unless the paramour happens to be unassociable on account of disease and personal defects.
english translation
पुरुषं घ्नत्याश् चिता प्रतापे अप्सु प्रवेशनं वा ॥
When a prostitute murders her paramour, she shall be burnt alive or thrown into water.
english translation
गणिका भरणम् अर्थं भोगं वा अपहरतो अष्ट गुणो दण्डः ॥
When a paramour steals the jewellery or money of, or deceives to pay the fees due to, a prostitute, he shall be fined eight times that amount.
english translation
गणिका भोगम् आयतिं पुरुषं च निवेदयेत् ॥
Every prostitute shall supply information to the superintendent as to the amount of her daily fees (bhoga), her future income (áyati), and the paramour (under her influence).
english translation
एतेन नट नर्तक गायन वादक वाग् जीवन कुशीलव प्लवक सौभिक चारणानां स्त्री व्यवहारिणां स्त्रियो गूढ आजीवाश् च व्याख्याताः ॥
The same rules shall apply to an actor, dancer, singer, player on musical instruments, a buffoon (vágjivana), a mimic player (kusílava), rope-dancer (plavaka), a juggler (saubhika), a wandering bard or herald (chárana), pimps, and unchaste women.
english translation