A capable defiler: redefining the body of the bhikkhuni
Focusing on the pacittiya offenses (minor rules) pertaining to the body of the bhikkhunis (Buddhist nuns) in the vinaya, the monastic law codes, the article argues that the vinaya’s depiction of the bhikkhuni’s ‘body’ reveals two important notions about women in early Buddhism. While the portrayal d...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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| In: |
Body and religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 220-241 |
| Further subjects: | B
monastic law codes
B Female body B women in religion B soteriological equality B Buddhist Nuns B female asceticism B South Asian Religions B Monastic law B Early Buddhism B female body |
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