Lives of early Buddhist nuns [electronic resource] : biographies as history / Alice Collett.
2016
BQ6150 .C65 2016eb
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Title
Lives of early Buddhist nuns [electronic resource] : biographies as history / Alice Collett.
Author
Collett, Alice, author.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780199086375 (electronic book)
Published
New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxxi, 276 pages)
Item Number
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199459070 doi
Call Number
BQ6150 .C65 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
294.30820934
Summary
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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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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 18, 2016).
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