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Nityasumaṅgalī : Devadasi tradition in South India / Saskia C. Kersenboom-Story.
Publication details: Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass, 1987.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxi, 226 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9788120803305
- 294.538 KER 20
- BL1237.58.D48 K47 1987
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Synopsis:
The phenomenon of the devadasi has suffered greatly from faulty, culture-bound evaluations. The present monograph does not aim at judging these earlier evaluations, nor does it claim to give a 'truly objective' description of what the devadasi tradition was; it rather tries to follow the inherent mode of thought, namely, what the devadasi tradition meant within the frame of Hinduism, and its transformation into a living cultural phenomenon functioning significantly in the context of the Hindu.
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Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Utrecht, 1984).
Includes bibliographical references.
Synopsis:
The phenomenon of the devadasi has suffered greatly from faulty, culture-bound evaluations. The present monograph does not aim at judging these earlier evaluations, nor does it claim to give a 'truly objective' description of what the devadasi tradition was; it rather tries to follow the inherent mode of thought, namely, what the devadasi tradition meant within the frame of Hinduism, and its transformation into a living cultural phenomenon functioning significantly in the context of the Hindu.