The First Buddhist Women: Translations and Commentaries on the TherigathaA contemporary translation and commentary on the enlightenment verses of the first female disciples of the Buddha. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
CHAPTER ONE Mahapajapati Gotami Her Disciples | 13 |
CHAPTER TWO Patacara Her Disciples | 31 |
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Ambapali Ananda ancient arahant Aryan ascetic attained beautiful became become Bhadda Bhikkhuni birth body brahman Buddha Buddha's teaching Buddhist Literature Buddhist monks Buddhist nuns BUDDHIST WOMEN Capa Caroline Rhys Davids chapter child Commentary daughter death Dhammadinna Dhammapada Dharma dialogue disciples early Buddhist enlightenment female forest harem Henry Frowde homelessness husband Indian Jain Kala Kasi Khema Khujjuttara King Kisagotami lived London Magandiya male Mara marriage meditation mind moon mother mythology nirvana nuns obsessions old age ordained order of nuns Oxford University Press Padumavati Pajapati Pali Canon Pali Text Society Patacara preach prostitutes Punnika Rajagaha realization religious renounce the world renunciant rules Sakyan Samavati Samyutta Nikaya sangha Sanskrit Savatthi sexual Siddhartha Gautama sixth century B.C.E. spirit stanza suffering Sundari teacher Therigatha three knowledges tion translation tree tree-spirit University Press Warehouse Uppalavanna Vasetthi Veda verses Vesali Vimala Vinaya wandering wife wives woman words