Read the following lines and answer the question that follows:
A poem by Karaikkal Ammaiyar in which she describes herself:
The female Pey (demoness) with . . . bulging veins,
protruding eyes, white teeth and shrunken stomach,
red-haired and jutting teeth, lengthy shins extending till the ankles,
shouts, and wails while wandering in the forest.
Karaikkal Ammaiyar’s poetry dismantles the paradigm of human order and duty rooted in the household not by focusing on gender roles, but by extolling devotion.
Highlight the values that provide the potential space for women in this emerging Tradition
Values cherished by KARAIKKAL AMMAIYAR
i. Devotion as rhythm of life
ii. model of a dutiful woman
iii. protested orthodoxy
iv. promoted social and religious reform movements
v. worked for the promotion and potential space for women
vi. Rejected the entire social and domestic world of rules and obligations vii. Wanted to pursue personal salvation.
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