Government of IndiaThe devadasi in the socio-religious context
Author: Desai, Kalpana
Keywords: Prostitutes--Social conditions
Devadasi
Issue Date: 1990
Publisher: Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
Description: Ganikas were property of gana or society which they belongs. The institute of devadasi is somewhat parallel to the vannadasi as much as the former is the dasi or servent of god and latter that of society. The devdasi like the ganika was an inseparable part of temple rituals and by large of the religious and cultural life of the people. Through careful study of the relevent literature shows that there were three main purpose behinf a women becoming a devdasi. Some were bought and forced for economic compulsion and for religious purposes. Devedssis were primarily women dedicated to the deity of a temple. This article present devdasi in the socio-religious context. Its also takes reference from an eighth-century inscription at the Lokamahadevi temple at Pattadakal, Karnataka, records that a rich dcvediisi presented a horse and an elephant chariot to the presiding deity of the temple. another dancing girl belonging to a temple in Tanjore district is recorded in an inscription of Kulottunga. Kautilya also devotes a chapter to the duties of the superintendent of courtesans. Kautilya adds that the courtesans were to be adept in dancing, singing, and in playing the lut
Source: Sangeet Natak Akademi
Type: Article
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| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.author | Desai, Kalpana |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-07-05T03:39:42Z |
| dc.date.available | 2017-07-05T03:39:42Z |
| dc.date.issued | 1990 |
| dc.description.abstract | Ganikas were property of gana or society which they belongs. The institute of devadasi is somewhat parallel to the vannadasi as much as the former is the dasi or servent of god and latter that of society. The devdasi like the ganika was an inseparable part of temple rituals and by large of the religious and cultural life of the people. Through careful study of the relevent literature shows that there were three main purpose behinf a women becoming a devdasi. Some were bought and forced for economic compulsion and for religious purposes. Devedssis were primarily women dedicated to the deity of a temple. This article present devdasi in the socio-religious context. Its also takes reference from an eighth-century inscription at the Lokamahadevi temple at Pattadakal, Karnataka, records that a rich dcvediisi presented a horse and an elephant chariot to the presiding deity of the temple. another dancing girl belonging to a temple in Tanjore district is recorded in an inscription of Kulottunga. Kautilya also devotes a chapter to the duties of the superintendent of courtesans. Kautilya adds that the courtesans were to be adept in dancing, singing, and in playing the lut |
| dc.source | Sangeet Natak Akademi |
| dc.format.extent | 15-18 p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.publisher | Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi |
| dc.subject | Prostitutes--Social conditions Devadasi |
| dc.type | Article |
| dc.format.medium | text |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.author | Desai, Kalpana |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-07-05T03:39:42Z |
| dc.date.available | 2017-07-05T03:39:42Z |
| dc.date.issued | 1990 |
| dc.description.abstract | Ganikas were property of gana or society which they belongs. The institute of devadasi is somewhat parallel to the vannadasi as much as the former is the dasi or servent of god and latter that of society. The devdasi like the ganika was an inseparable part of temple rituals and by large of the religious and cultural life of the people. Through careful study of the relevent literature shows that there were three main purpose behinf a women becoming a devdasi. Some were bought and forced for economic compulsion and for religious purposes. Devedssis were primarily women dedicated to the deity of a temple. This article present devdasi in the socio-religious context. Its also takes reference from an eighth-century inscription at the Lokamahadevi temple at Pattadakal, Karnataka, records that a rich dcvediisi presented a horse and an elephant chariot to the presiding deity of the temple. another dancing girl belonging to a temple in Tanjore district is recorded in an inscription of Kulottunga. Kautilya also devotes a chapter to the duties of the superintendent of courtesans. Kautilya adds that the courtesans were to be adept in dancing, singing, and in playing the lut |
| dc.source | Sangeet Natak Akademi |
| dc.format.extent | 15-18 p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.publisher | Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi |
| dc.subject | Prostitutes--Social conditions Devadasi |
| dc.type | Article |
| dc.format.medium | text |
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