Karen Muldoon-Hules

Brides of the Buddha

Nuns' Stories from the Avadanasataka

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Produktbeschreibung

This study uses ten stories from the Avad¿näataka, the collection of Buddhist narratives compiled from the second to fifth centuries CE, to examine the social landscape of early India. The author analyzes marital customs and the development of nuns' hagiographies, while revealing regional variations of Buddhism in South Asia during this period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 551g
• ISBN-13: 9781498511452
• ISBN-10: 1498511457
• Artikelnr.: 47881203

Autorenporträt

By Karen Muldoon-Hules

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Buddhist Women in Early India Chapter 2: Marriage and Meaning in Late Vedic and Classical Hinduism Chapter 3: Marriage and Meaning in Indian Buddhism Chapter 4: How Should a Daughter Renounce? Chapter 5: Suprabh
, K
isundar
, and the Indic Svayävara Chapter 6: Other Women, Other Walks of Life Chapter 7: Some Conclusions and Observations Appendix 1: Dating the Avad
näataka Appendix 2: Sectarian Affiliation