Brides of the Buddha

Nuns' Stories from the Avadanasataka

Nonfiction, History, Asian, India, Religion & Spirituality, Eastern Religions, Buddhism, Ancient History
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Author: Karen Muldoon-Hules ISBN: 9781498511469
Publisher: Lexington Books Publication: June 5, 2017
Imprint: Lexington Books Language: English
Author: Karen Muldoon-Hules
ISBN: 9781498511469
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication: June 5, 2017
Imprint: Lexington Books
Language: English

For young women in early South Asia, marriage was probably the most important event in their lives, as it largely determined their socioeconomic and religious future. Yet there has been little in the way of systematic examinations of the evidence on marriage customs among Buddhists of this time, and our understanding of the lives of early Buddhist women is still quite limited. This study uses ten stories from the Avadānaśataka, the collection of Buddhist narratives compiled from the second to fifth centuries CE, to examine the social landscape of early India. The author analyzes marital customs and the development of nuns’ hagiographies, while revealing regional variations of Buddhism in South Asia during this period.

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For young women in early South Asia, marriage was probably the most important event in their lives, as it largely determined their socioeconomic and religious future. Yet there has been little in the way of systematic examinations of the evidence on marriage customs among Buddhists of this time, and our understanding of the lives of early Buddhist women is still quite limited. This study uses ten stories from the Avadānaśataka, the collection of Buddhist narratives compiled from the second to fifth centuries CE, to examine the social landscape of early India. The author analyzes marital customs and the development of nuns’ hagiographies, while revealing regional variations of Buddhism in South Asia during this period.

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