Donors, Devotees, & Daughters of God: Temple Women in Medieval Tamilnadu

ISBN-13: 9780195099621 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 318 str.

Leslie C. Orr; Leslie Orrey

Opis

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.

Recenzje

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.