Among the 1,500 devotees of the Hindu temple and cult of Jagannatha at Puri are a handful of women known as "devadasis" or, literally, "female servants of the deity," who are associated with both chastity and concubinage and prostitution. This book focuses on the tension between the purity and impurity of the devadasis, and examines ideas about kingship, power, sexual purity, the role and status of women, and other central concerns of Hindu religious and cultural life that are associated with such rituals.
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Hardcover w/DJ. Condizione: Good/Good. Black and White Maps and Plates (illustratore). Delhi, India: Oxford University Press. Good/Good. 1985. . Hardcover w/DJ. 8vo., 388 p.p., Shelf wear; head and tail of spine and corners of cover; shelf lean; cracked inner hinge; edges of cover rubbed; dust jacket panels creased; bottom right corner of front dust jacket panel; head and tail of dust jacket spine chipped; page edges soiled; small tears in top edge of front and back dust jacket panels; pages clean and unmarked. . Codice articolo BOOKS354576
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Da: Antiquariaat Hortus Conclusus, Bergambacht, Paesi Bassi
Original cloth with dustjacket. Dustjacket a bit discolored and worn at edges, minor traces of use, else a (very) good copy. Text in English. Please see description or ask for photos. Codice articolo 56079
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Da: Mispah books, Redhill, SURRE, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book. Codice articolo ERICA82901956173122
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