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Muldoon-Hules Karen <1952-> |
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Brides of the Buddha : nuns' stories from the Avadānaśataka / / Karen Muldoon-Hules |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2017 |
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©2017 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women in the Tripiṭaka |
Buddhist hagiography - India - History |
Buddhist nuns - India - History |
Women in Buddhism - India - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Buddhist women in early India -- Marriage and meaning in late Vedic and classical Hinduism -- Marriage and meaning in Indian Buddhism -- How should a daughter renounce? -- Suprabhā, Kāśisundarī, and the Indic svayaṃvara -- Other women, other walks of life -- Some conclusions and observations -- Appendix 1: Dating the Avadānaśataka -- Appendix 2: Sectarian affiliation. |
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