Women and Monastic Buddhism in Early South Asia: Rediscovering the Invisible Believers

ISBN-13: 9781138488762 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 284 str.

Kaushik, Garima

Opis

This book uses gender as a framework to offer unique insights into the socio-cultural foundations of Buddhism. It discusses the multiple roles played by women as patrons, practitioners, lay and monastic members and so on within Buddhism as well as individual experiences, and their equations with others and relationships at different levels.

Spis treści

List of Map and Figures.  List of Plates.  Acknowledgements.  Preface.  List of diacritical marks.  Abbreviations.  Introduction.  1. Sacred Spaces and the Feminine in Buddhism  2. Locating the Bhiksuni: Identifying Nunneries  3. Exploring Women’s Space: Conflict between The Social and the Asocial Worlds  4. Women as Patrons   Conclusion. Bibliography.  Index

O autorze

Garima Kaushik is assistant archaeologist in the Chandigarh Circle of the Archaeological Survey of India. She has excavated at a number of important historic and protohistoric archeological sites in the country including Sravasti, Dholavira, Govishana and Adi Badri. She has been actively involved in academic as well as field research on early Buddhist historical sites for over 15 years.