Etymology

devadasi

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Sanskrit देवदासी
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  1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromदेवदासी“female servant of a deity”
  2. English todaydevadasi

From the Sanskrit देवदासी (devá-dāsī, “female servant of a deity”), from देव (devá, “deity, god”) and दासी (dāsī, “a female servant or slave”).

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