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Women under the Bo Tree: Buddhist nuns in Sri Lanka - Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions Tessa J. Bartholomeusz
Women under the Bo Tree: Buddhist nuns in Sri Lanka - Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions
Tessa J. Bartholomeusz
Tessa Bartholomeusz explores the relationship between female world-renunciation in Buddhist Sri Lanka and attitudes about women and the religious vocation more generally. A lively history of Buddhist female renouncers on the island is combined with insights derived from the experiences of modern Buddhist women.
308 pages, notes, bibliography, index
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 25, 1994 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521461290 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 308 |
| Dimensions | 235 × 158 × 28 mm · 498 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Clayton, John |
| Series Editor | Collins, Steven |
| Series Editor | Graham, William |
| Series Editor | Lange, Nicholas De |