Women in early Indian Buddhism : comparative textual studies
Buddhism Buddhist literature Women in Buddhism buddhalaisuus heliga skrifter historia kirjallisuus kvinnor litteratur naiset nunnat nunnor pyhät kirjat religionsvetenskap uskontotiede e-böcker
Oxford University Press
2014
EISBN 9780199369324
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.
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.
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.
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.
