Portraits of Buddhist Women - Ranjini Obeyesekere

Portraits of Buddhist Women

Stories from the Saddharmaratnāvaliya
Buch | Softcover
241 Seiten
2001
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-0-7914-5112-0 (ISBN)
31,80 inkl. MwSt
A collection of stories about women from the thirteenth-century Buddhist work that reveals much about women's status in their society and within Buddhism.
A fascinating collection about Buddhist women translated from the thirteenth-century Sinhala Buddhist text, the Saddharmaratnāvaliya, 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 Saddharmaratnāvaliya and the social world of their audience.

Ranjini Obeyesekere is Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at Princeton University. She is the author and editor of several books, including Sri Lankan Theater in a Time of Terror: Political Satire in a Permitted Space.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Udeni Cycle
2. Visakha
3. Utpalavarna
4. The Mother of Kana
5. Kundalakesi
6. The Nun Patacara
7. Kisa-gotami
8. The Nun Bahuputtika
9. The Goddess Lada
10. Visakha Companions
11. Sirima
12. The Nun Uttara
13. The Nun Rupananda
14. Queen Mallika
15. The Mother of the Elder Kumara Kasub
16. The Weaver's Daughter
17. The Young Woman Cinca
18. The Three Daughters of Mara
19. Visakha's Questions
20. The Princess Rohini
21. Uttara
22. The Daughter Punna
23. The Nun Khema
24. Maha Prajapati Gotami
25. The Elder Sunderasamudda
26. Soreyya
Bibliography
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 27.9.2001
Reihe/Serie SUNY series in Buddhist Studies
Zusatzinfo Total Illustrations: 0
Verlagsort Albany, NY
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 336 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Buddhismus
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
ISBN-10 0-7914-5112-7 / 0791451127
ISBN-13 978-0-7914-5112-0 / 9780791451120
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