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100	2		_aKersenboom-Story, Saskia C.
245	1	0	_aNityasumaṅgalī : _bDevadasi tradition in South India / _cSaskia C. Kersenboom-Story.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aDelhi : _bMotilal Banarsidass, _c1987.
300			_axxi, 226 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
500			_aRevision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Utrecht, 1984).
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505			_aSynopsis: 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.
650		0	_aDevadāsīs _zIndia, South.
650		0	_aDevadāsīs _zIndia _zTamil Nadu.
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