| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
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South Asia research |
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South Asia research (New York, N.Y.)
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| Contents |
Contributors -- A note on non-English words -- Abbreviations -- Introduction / Alice Collet -- 1. The Bajaur collection of Kharosthi manuscripts: Mahaprajapati Gautami and the order of nuns in a Gandharan version of the Daksinavibhangasutra / Ingo Strauch -- 2.-The British library Kharosthi fragments: behind the birch bark curtain / Timothy Lenz -- 3. Pali Vinaya: re-conceptualizing female sexuality in early Buddhism / Alice Collet -- 4. Mahasamghika-Lokottaravada Bhiksuni Vinaya: the intersection of womanly virtue and Buddhist asceticism / Amy Paris Langenberg -- 5. Anguttara-nikaya / Ekottarika-agama: outstanding Bhikkhunis in the Ekottarika-agama / Bhikkhu Analayo -- 6. Samyutta-nikya / Samyukta-agama: defying Mara -- Bhikkhunis in the Samyukta-agama / Bhikku Analayo -- 7. Therigatha: nanda, female sibling of the Buddha / Alice Collett -- 8. Apadana: Theri-Apadana: wives of the saints: marriage and Kamma in the path to Arahantship / Jonathan S. Walters -- 9. Avadanasataka: the role of Brahmanical marriage in a Buddhist text / Karen Muldoon-Hules -- 10. Dhammapada- atthakatha/Saddharmaratnavaliya: women in medieval South Asian Buddhist societies / Ranjini Obeyesekere -- Bibliography -- index |
| Summary |
This volume is a broad-ranging comparative study with translations of texts, sections of texts and textual fragments that are concerned with women in early Indian Buddhism including study of texts in Gandhari, Sanskrit, Pali, Chinese Tibetan, and Sinhala |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Women in Buddhism -- Comparative studies
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Buddhism -- India -- History
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Buddhism -- Sacred books.
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Buddhist literature -- History and criticism
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Buddhism
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Buddhist literature
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Women in Buddhism
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India
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| Genre/Form |
Comparative studies
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Sacred books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Collett, Alice, editor
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| ISBN |
9780199369324 |
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0199369321 |
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9780199326044 |
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0199326045 |
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9780199326136 |
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0199326134 |
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