A Rite of Their Own: Japanese Buddhist Nuns and the Anan kōshiki

This article presents a history of the Anan kōshiki, a chanted lecture dedicated to the Buddha's disciple Ānanda. After briefly discussing its precursors in ancient India and China, I examine this ritual in three moments of time—its medieval Japanese origins, its early modern revitalization, an...

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Main Author: Ambros, Barbara 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Nanzan Institute 2016
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 43, Issue: 1, Pages: 207-250
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ananda ca. 6 BC. Jh. / Japan / Kōshiki / Bhikkuni / Woman / History
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BL Buddhism
KBM Asia
KCA Monasticism; religious orders
KCD Hagiography; saints
NBE Anthropology
TA History
Further subjects:B Women
B Zen Buddhism
B Enlightenment
B Monks
B Religious Studies
B Stupas
B Ordination
B Religious rituals
B Nuns
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