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Women as Teachers and Disciples in Early Buddhist Communities: The Evidence of Epigraphy |
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Collett, Alice
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| Source |
Religions of South Asia
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| Volume | v.9 n.1 |
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| Date | 2015 |
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| Pages | 28 - 42 |
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| Publisher | Equinox Publishing Ltd. |
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https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/
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| Location | Sheffield, UK [謝菲爾德, 英國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | early Indian Buddhism; epigraphy; inscriptions; women |
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| Abstract | Inscriptions from ancient India reveal to us two related phenomena about early Buddhist nuns: firstly, that nuns were teachers of other women, and secondly that nuns considered themselves to be (or were recorded to be) direct disciples of male monastic teachers. The first of these is confirmed by the textual evidence, and sits as part of our picture of the lives of nuns at the time of the historical Buddha and subsequently. The second, however, challenges assumptions about the operations of early Buddhist communities. Monastic male-female teaching relationships, according to the textual evidence, were largely formal and institutional, as typified by the role of monk advisor to nuns (bhikkhunovādaka). As recorded in the texts, nuns should formally request instruction from monks, and certain monks were charged with dispensing such duties. The monastic malefemale teaching relationships recorded in the epigraphy do not chime with this state of affairs, instead suggesting that closer and more personal relationships existed. |
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| Table of contents | A Note on Prakrit Grammar 30
Female Teachers and Pupils 32
Male-Female Teacher-Pupil Relations 33
Antevāsinī 35
Dates and Regional Spread 38
Conclusion 40
Abbreviations 40
References 41
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| ISSN | 17512689 (P); 17512697 (E) |
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| Created date | 2016.11.28 |
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| Modified date | 2020.05.07 |
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