Word: barangana
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...talked about." In ancient India, "if a woman was beautiful and talented; if she could sing, dance or converse intelligently, why should she waste her skills on one man alone? Why shouldn't a number of men enjoy her company? That is why a prostitute was called barnari or barangana - meaning public woman - and the source of her earnings was her skill in some performing art. [Now] prostitution has been reduced almost completely into a trading of the flesh...
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