The City Equal to Amarāvatī: Creation of Households, Women, and Civic Splendor
Arjunopākhyāna Context
विविक्तरथ्यापणचित्रचत्वरैरनेकवस्तुक्रयविक्रयैश्च / महाधनोपस्करसाधुनिर्मितैर्गृहैश्च शुभ्रैर्गणिकाजनानाम्
viviktarathyāpaṇacitracatvarairanekavastukrayavikrayaiśca / mahādhanopaskarasādhunirmitairgṛhaiśca śubhrairgaṇikājanānām
There were quiet lanes, bustling shops, and painted squares, with the buying and selling of many kinds of goods; and the courtesans’ white houses, finely built with great wealth and splendid furnishings.