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Title: Paśupatikā Duī Tāmrapatra: Devadāsī Prathāmā Nayāng Prakāśa
Language of title: Nepali
Author/Creator: Ṭeka Bahādura Shresṭha
One Sentence Summary: The article discusses the people who devote their lives to cleaning temples and other work related with temples.

Description: The article discusses the people who devote their lives to cleaning temples and other work related with temples. It is a kind of slavery practiced in Nepal, India etc. They are known as Devdas or Devdasi. The article discusses the metal inscription found in Pashupatinath about two Newari girls, Naku and Gunawati, were made Devdasi by Balkrishna Upadhaya. (Rajeev Rajan Singh 2006-10-31)
Publisher Place: Kirtipur, Nepal
Publisher: Center for Nepal and Asian Studies
Normalized publisher place: Kathmandu
Publisher country: Nepal
Publisher URL: http://www.cnastu.org.np/
Published Date: 1974-06
URL: http://www.thlib.org/static/reprints/contributions/CNAS_01_02_07.pdf
Classification: Tibetan and Himalayan -- Journals -- Journals Focused on Regions -- Nepal -- Contributions to Nepalese Studies -- (1974) Vol. 1, no. 2
Cultural Coverage: Nepal
Language: Nepali
Source: Contributions to Nepalese Studies
Source Editor: Prayag Raj Sharma
Source Type: Journal
Source Volume: 1
Source Number: 2
Source Page Numbers: 103-106
ISBN/ISSN: 3767574

Means of availability: Available online as a PDF within the Tibetan & Himalayan Library's bibliographic database.
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Resource Type: Article
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Date Of Record Creation: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Date Last Modified: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
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