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devadasi
de·va·da·si [ dàyvə dssee ] (plural de·va·da·sis)


noun 
Definition:
 
Hindu temple dancer: a member of a hereditary class of woman dancers in a Hindu temple
[Early 19th century. < Sanskrit devadāsī "woman servant of a deity"]
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