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| In early India, there were Ganikas and Veshyas. Ganika was like a performer.Ganika is a public dancer not prostitution,but sometimes ganika also refers to prostitute. | In early India, there were Ganikas and Veshyas. Ganika was like a performer.Ganika is a public dancer not prostitution,but sometimes ganika also refers to prostitute. | ||
| Ganikas were trained in fine arts like dance and music in order to entertain kings,princes and wealthy patrons on religious and social occasions.A public woman, endowed with a good disposition, beauty and other winning qualities, and also versed in the 64 arts, obtains the name of a Ganika, or public woman of high quality, and receives a seat of honour in an assemblage of men.<ref></ref> | Ganikas were trained in fine arts like dance and music in order to entertain kings,princes and wealthy patrons on religious and social occasions.<ref></ref>A public woman, endowed with a good disposition, beauty and other winning qualities, and also versed in the 64 arts, obtains the name of a Ganika, or public woman of high quality, and receives a seat of honour in an assemblage of men.<ref></ref> | ||
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Gaṇikā or ganika,Devanagari:गणिका,was an women entertainers in early india,origin can be traced to the vedic period.Dancers of ancient India known as ganikas were the center of city life.
In early India, there were Ganikas and Veshyas. Ganika was like a performer.Ganika is a public dancer not prostitution,but sometimes ganika also refers to prostitute.
Ganikas were trained in fine arts like dance and music in order to entertain kings,princes and wealthy patrons on religious and social occasions.A public woman, endowed with a good disposition, beauty and other winning qualities, and also versed in the 64 arts, obtains the name of a Ganika, or public woman of high quality, and receives a seat of honour in an assemblage of men.