A prostitute.

Once a poor brahmin got a gold bar as a gift. He didn’t know what to do with it, and was advised to sell it and use the money to travel. He didn’t even know how to do that and was told that nearby there lived a prostitute named Cahturika and she could teach him how to do it. He was also told to give the gold bar to her as soon as he went in, use some sama and she would manage the rest. He went there, and told Chaturika that he wanted to travel the world, and gave her the gold bar. Everyone there began to laugh. He held his palms in the shape of a cow’s ears and began reciting the Samaveda. The people continued to laugh and he ran out of there to the person who had advised him. After he told his tale, the person said that he had meant sama (calmness) and not samaveda. He took the brahmin back to Chaturika and told her to give him back the gold bar as per Kathasaritasagara Kathapeethakalambaka Taranga 6.