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Therigatha : poems of the first Buddhist women / translated by Charles Hallisey.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015Description: xli, 290 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780674427792
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 294.38232 THE 022980
Summary: The Therīgāthā, 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 therīs, 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{u2019}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{u2014}and indeed, into the lives of women as such.--Publisher's description.
List(s) this item appears in: New Collections - May 2025
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Book Book Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore 294.38232 THE 022980 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 022980

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-285) and index.

The Therīgāthā, 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 therīs, 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{u2019}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{u2014}and indeed, into the lives of women as such.--Publisher's description.

Text in Pali with English translation on facing page.

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