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On the meaning of sakti to women in Tamil Naduessay 1991 • Egnor, Margaret Trawick
Tamil • Asia > South Asia
This is a study of the concept of sakti, loosely defined as 'action' and 'power', with special reference to its meaning for Tamil women in the society. In the first section of this paper Egnor...