Lives of the nuns : biographies of Chinese Buddhist nuns from the fourth to sixth centuries : a translation of the Pi-ch'iu-ni chuan

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Lives of the nuns : biographies of Chinese Buddhist nuns from the fourth to sixth centuries : a translation of the Pi-ch'iu-ni chuan

compiled by Shih Pao-ch'ang ; translated by Kathryn Ann Tsai

University of Hawaii Press, c1994

Other Title

比丘尼傳

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Bibliography: p. 169-180

Includes indexes

Translation of: 比丘尼傳

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This book contains the biographies of 65 Chinese women who were Buddhist monks in early China. It is a great read for anyone interested in Buddhism or women in religion.

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