Description :From the inscriptional and literary evidence we rarely find the word 'devadasi' in the Telugu language. C.P. Brown in his Telugu-English dictionary used the word sani as lady a woman denoting respectability a dancing girl. Sani vandlu or the sani people are a caste who live by prostitution. Bhogam is a synonym for sani. Brown explains the connotation of the word bhogam or bogam as pertaining to a dancing or theatrical caste. Bogam-vandlu or bogam people mean dancing girls actresses. Bogam-ata denotes dancing. The Telugu word sani and bhogam are derived from the Sanskrit terms svaminiand bbogini.The ladies of the temple in Telugu were called svaminis and bhoginis and the words have corrupted into sani and bogam in colloquial usage. In the Amaravati sculptures there are three lovely dance scenes among the carvings and another containing single dancers. Two sculptures show women dancing to enterain a king in a harem. Present article is about dancing in Andhra, the art of dance in Andhra is exemplary and must be acknowledged and accorded proper credit.
Source :Sangeet Natak Akademi
Type :Article
Received From :Sangeet Natak Akademi
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Arudra
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Andhra Pradesh
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2017-07-05T21:25:34Z
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2017-07-05T21:25:34Z
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1990
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From the inscriptional and literary evidence we rarely find the word 'devadasi' in the Telugu language. C.P. Brown in his Telugu-English dictionary used the word sani as lady a woman denoting respectability a dancing girl. Sani vandlu or the sani people are a caste who live by prostitution. Bhogam is a synonym for sani. Brown explains the connotation of the word bhogam or bogam as pertaining to a dancing or theatrical caste. Bogam-vandlu or bogam people mean dancing girls actresses. Bogam-ata denotes dancing. The Telugu word sani and bhogam are derived from the Sanskrit terms svaminiand bbogini.The ladies of the temple in Telugu were called svaminis and bhoginis and the words have corrupted into sani and bogam in colloquial usage. In the Amaravati sculptures there are three lovely dance scenes among the carvings and another containing single dancers. Two sculptures show women dancing to enterain a king in a harem. Present article is about dancing in Andhra, the art of dance in Andhra is exemplary and must be acknowledged and accorded proper credit.
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