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Nityasumangali: Devadasi Tradition in South India by Saskia C. Kersenboom - 2011
by Saskia C. Kersenboom
Nityasumangali: Devadasi Tradition in South India
by Saskia C. Kersenboom
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Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2011. 3rd edition. Softcover. New. 15 x 23 cm. 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 t Printed Pages: 226. NA
- Bookseller Vikram Jain Books (IN)
- Format/Binding Softcover
- Book Condition New New
- Quantity Available 500
- Edition 3rd edition
- Binding Paperback
- ISBN 10 8120815270
- ISBN 13 9788120815278
- Publisher Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
- Date Published 2011
- Size 15 x 23 cm