Therigatha: Poems of the First Buddhist Women

(Book #3 in the Murty Classical Library of India Series)

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A stunning modern translation of a Buddhist classic that is also one of the oldest literary texts in the world written by women.

The Therīgāthā, composed more than two millennia ago, is an anthology of poems in the Pali language by and about the first Buddhist women. These women were therīs, the senior ones, among ordained Buddhist women, and they bore that epithet because of their religious achievements...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0674427734

ISBN13:9780674427730

Release Date:January 2015

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:336 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.8" x 8.7"

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