Based on new translations of Pali texts and rare sources, Lives of
Early Buddhist Nuns analyses the portrayal of women in the Pali
canon and commentaries. Focusing on the differences between
canonical and commentarial literature, the author goes beyond the
practice of using the commentaries to merely enhance the
understanding of the Pali canon; she emphasizes the differing
social and historical milieus out of which these genres of
literature were born. Assessing each genre on its own terms, the
work demonstrates that the Pali canon, contrary to how it has been
presented previously, is more favourable to women. The first part
of the volume contains biographies of the six best-known Buddhist
nuns who were considered to have been direct disciples of the
Buddha. These biographies throw light on gender relations as they
evolved in the early centuries of Buddhism in India. The life
stories also serve as the foundation for discussion of Buddhist
women in the second part. From notions of beauty and adornment to
family, class, and marriage, various themes in the biographies are
explored in this work, and through this exploration the changing
form of Buddhism in early India is captured.
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