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Collett, Alice,

Lives of early Buddhist nuns : Biographies as history / Alice Collett ; with a foreword by Jonathan S. Walters and an afterword by Martin Seeger. - First edition. - xxxi, 276 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-265) and index.

Table of Contents
Contents
Foreword by Jonathan S. Walters
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
General introduction
Part one: Pali biographies
Introduction;
1. Dhammadinna
2. Khema;
3. Kisagotami;
4. Pa=ac=ar=a;
5. Bhadd=a Kualakes=a;
6. Uppalava=a;
Part two: Themes and issues;
7. Female teachers: Dhammadinn=a;
8. Female beauty: Khem=a;
9. Female wanderers: Kis=agotami;
10. Family, marriage, and class: Pa=ac=ar=a;
11. Female conversion: Bhadd=a Kualakes=a;
12. Female characteristics: Uppalava=a;
Conclusion
Afterword by Martin Seeger
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the author

ISBN: 9780199459070 (hardback) 019945907X (hardback)

Source: Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office

LCCN: 2015515455

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Buddhist nuns--Biography.--India
Buddhist women--Social life and customs.--India
Buddhism--History.--India
Pali literature--History and criticism.

LC Class. No.: BQ6150 / .C65 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 294.30954 COL