сряда, 9 февруари 2011 г.

Angels-DEVIDASI

Devidasi (or devadasi) is an Indian term

meaning servant or slave (das)
of a god (deva) or goddess (devi). It refers primarily to the dancing girls
who were traditionally attached to certain Hindu temples. The term
later became interchangeable with prostitute because of the practice of
temple prostitution—often engaged in by the devidasis—in medieval
Hinduism. The term has also been used to denote heavenly dancing
girls, and is thus used interchangeably with apsara, a type of Hindu
demigoddess frequently compared with angels.

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