Donors, devotees, and daughters of God: temple women in medieval Tamilnadu
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1. Verfasser: Orr, Leslie C. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford University Press 2000
Schriftenreihe:South Asia research (New York, N.Y.)
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-290) and index
Methods of Transliteration, Abbreviation, and Citation; ONE: Introduction; TWO: Discerning and Delineating the Figure of the Temple Woman; THREE: Temple Women as Temple Patrons; FOUR: Temple Women as Temple Servants; FIVE: Identity, Geography, Religion, and Kinship; SIX: Conclusions; Appendix I; Appendix II; Appendix III; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Through the use of epigraphical evidence, Leslie C. Orr brings into focus the activities and identities of the temple women (devadasis) of medieval South India, and suggests new ways of understanding the character of the temple woman -- and of the role of women in Indian religion and society
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 305 pages)
ISBN:0195099621
0195356721
1429400609
9780195099621
9780195356724
9781429400602

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