Donors, Devotees, and the Daughters of God - Temple Women in Medieval Tamilnadu

Zusatztext Women's history in medieval India is a field still in its infancy, and Leslie C. Orr's Donors, Devotees, and Daughters of God marks an important addition to the handful of monographs on the subject. Klappentext 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 to establish themselves in roles with particular social and religious meanings. This study suggests new ways of understanding the character of the temple woman and! more generally! of the roles of women in Indian religion and society. Zusammenfassung 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.

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• Authors: Leslie C. Orr, Leslie C. (Assistant Professor of Religion Orr, Orr Leslie C., Leslie Orrey
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.1999
• EAN: 9780195099621
• ISBN: 978-0-19-509962-1
• No. of pages: 318
• Series: South Asia Research; South Asia Research
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, RELIGION / Hinduism / General, HISTORY / Women, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, India, CE period up to c 1500, Hinduism, Asian History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, HISTORY / Asia / South / India