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An ideal introduction to gender studies in Buddhism and the history of women in the tradition.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49740129829137,"sku":"NGR9781911407713","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51057193582865,"sku":"NIN9781911407713","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51236088217873,"sku":"GOR013134097","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1911407716.jpg?v=1751093046"},{"product_id":"lives-of-early-buddhist-nuns-book-alice-collett-9780199459070","title":"Lives of Early Buddhist Nuns","description":"Based on new translations of Pali texts and rare sources, Lives of Early Buddhist Nuns analyses the portrayal of women in the Pali canon and commentaries. Focusing on the differences between canonical and commentarial literature, the author goes beyond the practice of using the commentaries to merely enhance the understanding of the Pali canon; she emphasizes the differing social and historical milieus out of which these genres of literature were born. Assessing each genre on its own terms, the work demonstrates that the Pali canon, contrary to how it has been presented previously, is more favourable to women.   The first part of the volume contains biographies of the six best-known Buddhist nuns who were considered to have been direct disciples of the Buddha. These biographies throw light on gender relations as they evolved in the early centuries of Buddhism in India. The life stories also serve as the foundation for discussion of Buddhist women in the second part. From notions of beauty and adornment to family, class, and marriage, various themes in the biographies are explored in this work, and through this exploration the changing form of Buddhism in early India is captured.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51461135302929,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51461135663377,"sku":"GOR014289078","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/019945907X.jpg?v=1750876376"},{"product_id":"translating-buddhism-book-alice-collett-9781438482941","title":"Translating Buddhism","description":"Explores key questions about translations and translators of South Asian Buddhist texts, past and present.  Although many Buddhist studies scholars spend a great deal of their time involved in acts of translation, to date not much has been published that examines the key questions, problems, and difficulties faced by translators of South Asian Buddhist texts and epigraphs. Translating Buddhism seeks to address this omission. The essays collected here represent a burgeoning attempt to begin to shape the subfield of translation studies within Buddhist studies, whereby scholars actively challenge primary routine decisions and basic assumptions. Exploring questions including how interpretive translators can be and how cultural and social norms affect translations, the book draws on the broad experiences of its contributors-all of whom are translators themselves-who bring different themes to the table. Each chapter can be used either independently or as part of the whole to engender reflections on the process of translation.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52749217005841,"sku":"NIN9781438482941","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53587676266769,"sku":"NLS9781438482941","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781438482941.jpg?v=1763547115"},{"product_id":"translating-buddhism-book-alice-collett-9781438482934","title":"Translating Buddhism","description":"Explores key questions about translations and translators of South Asian Buddhist texts, past and present.  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