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Biographies As History

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Alice Collett, Alice Collett
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An edition of Lives of Early Buddhist Nuns (2016)

Lives of Early Buddhist Nuns

Biographies As History

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This title sheds light on the lives of early Buddhist women in India, seen through biographical accounts preserved within the Buddhist tradition for over a thousand years. The biographies reveal strong female characters, who overcame hardships to become exemplar practitioners, depicting inspirational women, born within traditional societies, whose stories can inspire generations of women to come.

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Oxford University Press
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English
Pages
312

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Women in buddhism Buddhism, india Buddhist nuns Biography Buddhist women Social life and customs Buddhism History Pali literature History and criticism Buddhismus Nonne
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Lives of Early Buddhist Nuns: Biographies As History
2016, Oxford University Press
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Library of Congress
BQ4570.W6, BQ6150 .C65 2016, BQ336 .C65 2016

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Open Library
OL28804611M
ISBN 13
9780199459070
LCCN
2015515455
OCLC/WorldCat
935915656

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OL21275307W

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