TY - BOOK ID - 77866385 TI - Donors, devotees, and daughters of God : temple women in medieval Tamilnadu PY - 2000 SN - 1280528281 0195356721 1429400609 9781429400602 9780195356724 9780195099621 0195099621 0195099621 9786610528288 6610528284 9781280528286 0197738885 PB - New York : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Devadāsīs KW - Deva-dāsī KW - Deva-dāsīs KW - Devadāsī KW - Joginis KW - Mathammas KW - Uruttira kaṇikaiyar KW - Courtesans KW - Dancers KW - Tamil Nadu (India) KW - Religious life and customs. KW - Devad�as�is KW - Devadasis UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77866385 AB - 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. ER -