Portraits of Buddhist women : stories from the Saddharmaratnāvaliya
Dharmasēna, Ranjini Obeyesekere (Translator)
"A collection about Buddhist women translated from the thirteenth-century Sinhala Buddhist text, the Saddharmaratnavaliya, these stories provide insights into the social status and roles of women in medieval India and Sri Lanka and the Buddhist doctrinal ideal. They also reflect the changes that took place as the Buddhist position on gender and female sexuality accommodated the social realities of the time. Translating, contextualizing, and commenting on the narratives, Ranjini Obeyesekere highlights the differences in perspective between the celibate monks who were the literary authors of the Saddharmaratnavaliya and the social world of their audience."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2001
State University of New York Press, Albany, ©2001
History
vii, 231 pages ; 23 cm
9780791451113, 9780791451120, 0791451119, 0791451127
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The Udēnī cycle
Viśākhā
Utpalavarṇā
The mother of Kāṇā
Kuṇḍalakēsī
The nun Paṭācārā
Kisā-gōtamī
The nun Bahuputtika
The goddess Lada
Viśākhā's companions
Sirimā
The nun Uttarā
The nun Rūpanandā
Queen Mallikā
The mother of the elder Kumāra Kasub
The weaver's daughter
The young woman Ciṇca
The three daughters of Māra
Viśākhā's questions
The Princess Rohiṇī
Uttarā
The daughter Puṇṇā
The nun Khemā
Maha Prājapātī Gōtamī
The elder Sunderasamudda
Soreyya