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Oxford University Press Inc Donors Devotees and Daughters of God Temple Women in Medieval Tamil Nadu by Leslie C Orr
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. This book shows how the temple woman's economic authonomy, independence and initiative allowed her to negotiate medieval temple politics and establish a role forherself with its own peculiar social and religious significance.show more