The Therigatha," composed more than two millennia ago, is an
anthology of poems in the Pali language by and about the first
Buddhist women. These women were ther s," the senior ones, among
ordained Buddhist women, and they bore that epithet because of
their religious achievements. The poems they left behind are
arguably among the most ancient examples of women s writing in the
world and they are unmatched for their quality of personal
expression and the extraordinary insight they offer into the lives
of women in the ancient Indian past and indeed, into the lives of
women as such.
This new version of the Therigatha," based on a careful
reassessment of the major editions of the work and printed in the
Roman script common for modern editions of Pali texts, offers the
most powerful and the most readable translation ever achieved in
English.
The Murty Classical Library of India makes available original
texts and modern English translations of the masterpieces of
literature and thought from across the whole spectrum of Indic
languages over the past two millennia in the most authoritative and
accessible formats on offer anywhere."
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