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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
South Asia research
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South Asia research (New York, N.Y.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Contributors; A Note on Non-English Words; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Bajaur Collection of Kharoṛṭhi Manuscripts: Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī and the Order of Nuns in a Gandharan Version of the Dakṛiṇāvibhangasūtra; 2. The British Library Kharoṛṭhī Fragments: Behind the Birch Bark Curtain; 3. Pāli Vinaya: Reconceptualizing Female Sexuality in Early Buddhism; 4. Mahāsāṅghika-Lokottaravāda Bhikṛuṇī Vinaya: The Intersection of Womanly Virtue and Buddhist Asceticism; 5. Anguttara-nikāya/Ekottarika-āīgama: Outstanding Bhikkhunīs in the Ekottarika-āgama. |
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6. Saṃyutta-nikāya/Saṃyukta-āgama: Defying Māra-Bhikkhunīs in the Saṃyukta-āgama7. Therīgāthā: Nandā, Female Sibling of Gotama Buddha; 8. Apadāna: Therī-apadāna: Wives of the Saints: Marriage and Kamma in the Path to Arahantship; 9. Avadānaśataka: The Role of Brahmanical Marriage in a Buddhist Text; 10. Dhammapada-aṭṭhakathā/Saddharmaratnavāliya: Women in Medieval South Asian Buddhist Societies; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women in Buddhism -- Comparative studies.
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Women in Buddhism. |
| Genre/Form |
Comparative studies.
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| Subject |
Buddhism -- India -- History.
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Buddhism. |
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India. |
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History. |
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Buddhism -- Sacred books.
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Buddhism -- Sacred books. |
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Buddhist literature -- History and criticism.
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Buddhist literature. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Sacred books.
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| Added Author |
Collett, Alice, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Women in early Indian Buddhism 9780199326044 (DLC) 2013004852 (OCoLC)827724460 |
| ISBN |
9780199326136 (electronic book) |
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0199326134 (electronic book) |
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9780199369324 (ebook) |
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0199369321 (ebook) |
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9780199326044 |
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0199326045 |
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