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The first free women : poems of the early Buddhist nuns / Matty Weingast [translator], foreword by Bhikkhuni Anandabodhi.
Van Pelt Library BQ1452.E5 W45 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anandabodhi, Bhikkhuni, author of foreword.
- Standardized Title:
- Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka. Khuddakanikāya. Therīgāthā. Selections. English
- Language:
- English
- Pali
- Subjects (All):
- Buddhist poetry--Translations into English.
- Buddhist poetry.
- Pali poetry--Translations into English.
- Pali poetry.
- Genre:
- Translations.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 137 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder : Shambhala, 2020.
- Summary:
- "This new and captivating translation of the Therigatha (Verses of the Elder Buddhist Nuns) is a modern rendition of classic stories from the very first Buddhist nuns. Reflecting on their lives and revelations, these women wrote countless poems as they embraced their new lives as nuns. Heartwarming, enlightening, and sometimes tough in all the right ways, these poems have now been translated to reach a modern audience"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781611807769
- 161180776X
- OCLC:
- 1104216223
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