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Brides of the Buddha - Nuns' Stories from the Avadanasataka (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,776
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Brides of the Buddha - Nuns' Stories from the Avadanasataka (Hardcover): Karen Muldoon-Hules

Brides of the Buddha - Nuns' Stories from the Avadanasataka (Hardcover)

Karen Muldoon-Hules

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For young women in early South Asia, marriage was probably the most important event in their lives, as it largely determined their socioeconomic and religious future. Yet there has been little in the way of systematic examinations of the evidence on marriage customs among Buddhists of this time, and our understanding of the lives of early Buddhist women is still quite limited. This study uses ten stories from the Avadanasataka, 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.

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Imprint: Lexington Books
Country of origin: United States
Release date: June 2017
Authors: Karen Muldoon-Hules
Dimensions: 238 x 160 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-1145-2
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General
Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General
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LSN: 1-4985-1145-7
Barcode: 9781498511452

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