Serpent Worship And Other Essays
Serpent Worship And Other Essays
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" The Bishop adds, " I had heard that the Bayaderes were regarded with respect among the other classes of Hindoos, as servants of the gods, and that, after a few years' service, they often marry respectably. But, though I made several inquiries, I cannot find that this is the case ; their name is a common term of reproach among the women of the country, nor could any man of decent caste marry SACRED PROSTITUTION. 157 one of their number. " l The courtesans of Hindostan do not appear to be attac...hed to the temples, but Tavernier relates that they made offerings to certain idols, to whom they surrendered themselves when young to bring good fortune.
The chief facts connected with religious prostitution have now been given, and it remains only to show that this system has nothing to do with any custom of communal marriage, or promiscuous intercourse between the sexes, such as it is thought to give evidence of. Sir John Lubbock says that the life led by the courtesans attached to the Hindoo temple3 is not considered shameful, because they continue the old custom of the country under religious sanction.
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" The Bishop adds, " I had heard that the Bayaderes were regarded with respect among the other classes of Hindoos, as servants of the gods, and that, after a few years' service, they often marry respectably. But, though I made several inquiries, I cannot find that this is the case ; their name is a common term of reproach among the women of the country, nor could any man of decent caste marry SACRED PROSTITUTION. 157 one of their number. " l The courtesans of Hindostan do not appear to be attac...hed to the temples, but Tavernier relates that they made offerings to certain idols, to whom they surrendered themselves when young to bring good fortune.
The chief facts connected with religious prostitution have now been given, and it remains only to show that this system has nothing to do with any custom of communal marriage, or promiscuous intercourse between the sexes, such as it is thought to give evidence of. Sir John Lubbock says that the life led by the courtesans attached to the Hindoo temple3 is not considered shameful, because they continue the old custom of the country under religious sanction.
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