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Women in the footsteps of the Buddha : struggle for liberation in the Therigatha /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blackstone, Kathryn R., 1961-
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Published: Surrey [London] : Curzon Press, 1998.
Series:Curzon critical studies in Buddhism.
Subjects:
Tipiṭaka. > Suttapiṭaka. > Khuddakanikāya. > Therīgāthā.
Women in Buddhism.
Feminism > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Femmes dans le bouddhisme.
11.93 Buddhism.
Therigatha.
Vrouwen.
Academic Dissertation
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Online Access:Publisher description
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. I. The Language of Liberation
  • Ch. II. Looking Backward: Attitudes Towards Renunciation
  • Ch. III. Looking Inward: Attitudes Towards the Body
  • Ch. IV. Looking Outward: Attitudes Towards the Environment
  • Ch. V. Struggle for Liberation in the Therigatha
  • App. A. Technical Terms of Liberation
  • App. B. Tables of Liberated Theris and Theras
  • App. C. Images of the Environment
  • App. D. Settings of Liberated Theris and Theras.