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This document discusses women saints in medieval South India. It provides context on the patriarchal social structure that oppressed women and denied them freedom and autonomy. Within this system, spirituality provided an avenue for self-expression and rebellion for some women. The bhakti or devotional movements of this period saw the emergence of both conformist women saints, who came from religious families, and rebel saints who broke social norms, sometimes discarding clothes. The compositions of rebel s

Author

Stanzin Phantok

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