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Devadasi
Meaning
Noun
●
In Hinduism:
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
, and
enjoyed
high social status.
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