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Donors, Devotees, and Daughters of God : Temple Women in Medieval Tamilnadu.
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. This book shows how temple women's initiative and economic autonomy involved them in medieval temple politics and allowed them toestab...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford University Press,
2000.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Methods of Transliteration, Abbreviation, and Citation; ONE: Introduction; Devadāsīs and Dancing-girls; In a Different Landscape; TWO: Discerning and Delineating the Figure of the Temple Woman; Definitions and Locations; Devotees and Daughters of God; THREE: Temple Women as Temple Patrons; Property and Piety: Women and the Temple; Patterns of Patronage of Temple Women; FOUR: Temple Women as Temple Servants; The Design of Temple Life in Medieval Tamilnadu; Reputation, Recognition, and Responsibility; Serving in the Temple; Service, Support, and Status.
- FIVE: Identity, Geography, Religion, and KinshipTemple Women and the Medieval Religious Landscape; Daughters of Women and Daughters of God; SIX: Conclusions; The Temple Women of Medieval Tamilnadu; Politics and Place, Margins and Centers; From the Chola Period Temple Woman to the Twentieth-Century Devadāsī; Appendix I; Appendix II; Appendix III; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.