Title: Lives of Early Buddhist Nuns
Description: This title sheds light on the lives of early Buddhist women in India, seen through biographical accounts preserved within the Buddhist tradition for over a thousand years. The biographies reveal strong female characters, who overcame hardships to become exemplar practitioners, depicting inspirational women, born within traditional societies, whose stories can inspire generations of women to come.
Subjects: Women in buddhism, Buddhism, india, Buddhist nuns, Biography, Buddhist women, Social life and customs, Buddhism, History, Pali literature, History and criticism, Buddhismus, Nonne