TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hallisey,Charles
TI  - Therigatha : : poems of the first Buddhist women / 
T2  - Murty Classical Library of India ; 
SN  - 9780674427792
U1  - 294.38232 THE 23
PY  - 2015///.
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts : 
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Buddhist poetry.
KW  - Pali poetry.
KW  - Pali poetry
KW  - Translations into English.
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-285) and index.
N2  - 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.

ER  -