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

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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.

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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.

^ Quebec Leslie C. Orr Assistant Professor of Religion Concordia University (2000). Donors, Devotees, and Daughters of God : Temple Women in Medieval Tamilnadu: Temple Women in Medieval Tamilnadu ISBN 9780195356724 (revised Mar 2016)