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Devadasi Thesaurus

(Hinduism, historical) A girl who underwent the Hindu religious practice of being "married" to a deity. In addition to taking care of the temple, she learned and practiced Bharatanatyam and other classical Indian arts, enjoying high social status.

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Related dictionary entries include daasi, deeksha, duttee, dayee, deev, divadom.

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